Feminine
pale
Meaning
- (feminine) blade (of a propeller etc)
- (feminine) vane (of a windmill etc)
Translations
Frequency
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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