English

Noun

cabriole ‎(plural cabrioles)

1. A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
   • 2009, January 23, “Benjamin Genocchio”, in A Winter Wonderland of Old and Modern Invites Meandering:

     It has been repaired in places, like a lot of period furniture, but it retains its original finish, […] along with splendid cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet.

See also

• cabriolet
• cabriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian capriola, initially as capriole, with a final -e to fit French norms.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cabriolent, cabrioles

Noun

cabriole f ‎(plural cabrioles)

1. capriole (jump)
2. (dressage) capriole

Verb

cabriole

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabrioler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cabrioler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cabrioler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cabrioler
5. second-person singular imperative of cabrioler

Spanish

Verb

cabriole

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cabriolar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cabriolar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cabriolar.