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bobine

reel, spool, bobbin

noun boh-BEEN Rare

Also means

coil (electrical)

Usage Note

Bobine is used for a spool of thread in sewing, a film reel in cinema, or an electrical coil — une bobine d'allumage is an ignition coil in a car. Colloquially, faire une bobine (or faire la bobine) means to pull a long face, reflecting a secondary meaning of 'mug, face' in informal speech.

Examples

"Elle enfile le fil sur la bobine de la machine."

Natural Translation

She threads the thread onto the sewing machine bobbin.

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