No. 11,526 in French
rouet
Spinning wheel.
In a sentence
Elle travaillait tout l'après-midi sur son rouet, filant de la laine.
She worked all afternoon on her spinning wheel, spinning wool.
Here, 'rouet' refers to a spinning wheel as a tool for spinning threads from fibers.
Le rouet est un symbole souvent présent dans les contes de fées.
The spinning wheel is a symbol often found in fairy tales.
In this example, 'rouet' is used symbolically to represent the spinning wheel as a cultural motif.
Dans son rêve étrange, un rouet géant transformait les nuages en étoffes.
In her strange dream, a giant spinning wheel was turning clouds into fabrics.
Here, 'rouet' appears in a fictional and imaginative context, illustrating a creative use of the word.
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