pelle
Dutch
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Verb
editpelle
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
- A clown.
Declension
editInflection of pelle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
editDerived 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 2023-07-03
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale.
Pronunciation
editNoun
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
editFurther reading
edit- “pelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editpelle
- inflection of pellen:
Interlingua
editNoun
editpelle (uncountable)
Italian
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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)”)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editContraction
editpelle
Latin
editNoun
editpelle
Verb
editpelle
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).
Noun
editpelle f (plural pelles)
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