pelé

• IPA^(key): /pə.le/

pelé (feminine pelée, masculine plural pelés, feminine plural pelées)

1. past participle of peler

pelé (feminine pelée, masculine plural pelés, feminine plural pelées)

1. bare; (of animal) mangy

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

Named after Brazilian footballer Pelé (1940–2022), who was known as the King of Football.

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: pe‧lé

pelé m or f by sense (plural pelés)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, sometimes humorous) king (dominant figure in a field)

   Synonym: rei

   Ayrton Senna foi o pelé da F1

   Ayrton Senna was the king of F1

• “pelé”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pelé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

pelé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of pelar