Feminine

pale

Meaning

  1. (feminine) blade (of a propeller etc)
  2. (feminine) vane (of a windmill etc)

Translations

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/pal/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle French pale (14th c.), ultimately from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pelle, which is the regular French descendant. The form pale is either from a western dialect or from Old Occitan pala.

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