pală

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lə/
• Rhymes: -alə
• Hyphenation: pa‧lă

Borrowed from French pale.

pală f (plural pale)

1. propeller blade

From Paleo-Balkan. Likely akin to Albanian palë (“fold”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) However, compare the sense “shovel” in Etymology 6.

pală f (plural pale)

1. the quantity of hay, straw, etc. a pitchfork can pick up
2. the quantity of grass etc. a scythe can mow in one swing

Borrowed from Latin palla (“a lady's outer garment”).

pală f (plural pale)

1. palla

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پالا (pala).

pală f (plural pale)

1. (archaic) broadsword

   Synonym: paloș

Unknown.

pală f (plural pale)

1. whim, caprice

From Latin pāla (“shovel”).

pală f (plural pale)

1. (archaic) shovel
2. peel (handheld tool used to insert dough and remove bread from an oven)

• “pală”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• pală in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.