papelonné

• papelonny, pappellony, papellony

Borrowed from French papelonné.

papelonné (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Divided into a pattern (counted as one of the heraldic furs) which resembles scales, such as are found on fish or on butterflies' wings, perhaps originally representing stylized feathers or diaper. (Compare escaloped, plumetty.)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:papelonné.

• papillonné (rare)

From Old French papelloné, papeilloné, from an archaic parallel form to papillon (“butterfly”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.plɔ.ne/

papelonné (feminine papelonnée, masculine plural papelonnés, feminine plural papelonnées)

1. (heraldry) papelonné
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:papelonné.
2. scaly, covered in scales

   papelonné d'écailles ― covered in scales (pleonasm)

• → English: papelonné

• “papelonné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.