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pelle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pellen

From 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelːe/, [ˈpe̞lːe̞]
• Rhymes: -elːe
• Syllabification^(key): pel‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): pel‧le

pelle

1. A clown.

• klovni

• “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

Inherited from Middle French pelle, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale, which is of either dialectal or Occitan origin.

• IPA^(key): /pɛl/

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• Homophones: pèle, pèlent, pèles, pelles

pelle f (plural pelles)

1. 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

2. dustpan
3. fluke (anchor blade)
4. (slang) French kiss

   Synonyms: patin, galoche, palot

• → Chadian Arabic: پيل (pēl)

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

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pelle

1. inflection of pellen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

pelle (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) skin

From Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl.le/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: pèl‧le

pelle f (plural pelli)

1. skin
2. hide (animal's skin)
3. leather

   Synonym: cuoio

4. 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.”)

• non stare più nella pelle (“can't wait (to do something)”)

• pellaio

• IPA^(key): /ˈpel.le/
• Rhymes: -elle
• Hyphenation: pél‧le

pelle

1. (dated) contraction of per le

pelle

1. ablative singular of pellis

pelle

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pellō

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

pelle f (plural pelles)

1. (Jersey) shovel