pelle
Dutch
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Verb
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Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish pelle (no longer common), after its usage in Pelle Jöns (compare Swedish pellejöns), originally from Pelle, a diminutive form of Peter and/or Per.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpelle
Declension
edit| Inflection of pelle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelle | pellet | |
| genitive | pellen | pellejen | |
| partitive | pelleä | pellejä | |
| illative | pelleen | pelleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pelle | pellet | |
| accusative | nom. | pelle | pellet |
| gen. | pellen | ||
| genitive | pellen | pellejen pellein rare | |
| partitive | pelleä | pellejä | |
| inessive | pellessä | pelleissä | |
| elative | pellestä | pelleistä | |
| illative | pelleen | pelleihin | |
| adessive | pellellä | pelleillä | |
| ablative | pelleltä | pelleiltä | |
| allative | pellelle | pelleille | |
| essive | pellenä | pelleinä | |
| translative | pelleksi | pelleiksi | |
| abessive | pellettä | pelleittä | |
| instructive | — | pellein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “pelle”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French pelle, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale, which is of either dialectal or Occitan origin.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɛl/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Hérault)): (file) Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: pèle, pèlent, pèles, pelles
Noun
editpelle f (plural pelles)
- shovel, spade
- 1945, “Les feuilles mortes”, Jacques Prévert (lyrics), Joseph Kosma (music):
- Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle / Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
- Dead leaves are shovelled up / Memories and regrets are too
- dustpan
- fluke (anchor blade)
- (slang) French kiss
Related terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “pelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
editPronunciation
editVerb
editpelle
- inflection of pellen:
Interlingua
editNoun
editpelle (uncountable)
Italian
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpelle f (plural pelli)
- skin
- hide (animal's skin)
- leather
- Synonym: cuoio
- life, existence
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- I più intelligenti rompevano le regole e al tempo stesso si salvavano la pelle.
- The clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive all the same.
- (literally, “The most intelligent ones broke the rules and at the same time saved their lives.”)
Derived terms
edit- non stare più nella pelle (“can't wait (to do something)”)
- pellagra
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editContraction
editpelle
- (dated) contraction of per + le
Latin
editNoun
editpelle
Verb
editpelle
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).
Noun
editpelle f (plural pelles)
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