rouleur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rouleur (“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”), from rouler (“to roll”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Rouler is derived from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”) (from Medieval Latin rotulō, from Latin rotula (“small wheel; a roll”), from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -ula (feminine singular of -ulus (diminutive suffix))) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːˈlɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹuˈlɝ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Hyphenation: roul‧eur === Noun === rouleur (plural rouleurs) (cycle racing) A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === rouleur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From rouler (“to roll”) +‎ -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁu.lœʁ/ Hyphenation: roul‧eur === Adjective === rouleur (feminine rouleuse, masculine plural rouleurs, feminine plural rouleuses) rolling; that rolls === Noun === rouleur m (plural rouleurs, feminine rouleuse) roller (cycle racing) rouleur === Further reading === “rouleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012