dalle

dalle

See also: Dalle, dallé, and dallë

French

Etymology

From Middle French dalle (“sink, gullet”), a borrowing from Old Norse dæla (“a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves”), from Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), cognate with Dutch daal (“trough, spout”). More at dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/

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Noun

dalle f (plural dalles)

1. slab, flagstone

Derived terms

• avoir la dalle
• crever la dalle
• daller
• que dalle

Descendants

• → English: dalles

Verb

dalle

1. inflection of daller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdal.le/
• Rhymes: -alle
• Hyphenation: dàl‧le

Contraction

dalle

1. contraction of da le; from the

Related terms

• da'
• dagli
• dai
• dal
• dall'
• dalla
• dallo

Anagrams

• della

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtalle/

Adverb

dalle

1. then, at that time

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan dalle or Occitan dalh, from Late Latin daculum (“sickle, scythe”),[1][2] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-tlā, from *dʰalg-, *dʰalk- (“pricking, stabbing, or cutting tool; needle, pin; knife”), from *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (“to stick, prick, stab”).

See also Lithuanian dilgėlė (“nettle”), dilgus (“prickly”), Latin falx (“hook, sickle”), Old Irish delg (“spine, needle”).[3]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʝe/ [ˈd̪a.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈdaʝe/ [ˈd̪a.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈdaʎe/ [ˈd̪a.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈdaʃe/ [ˈd̪a.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈdaʒe/ [ˈd̪a.ʒe]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝe

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝe
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎe
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃe
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒe

• Syllabification: da‧lle

Noun

dalle m (plural dalles)

1. scythe

   Synonym: guadaña

Verb

dalle

1. inflection of dallar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

1. “dalle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 662

Further reading

• “dalle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014