pelote

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) ball (e.g. of string, wire)
2. (feminine) pelota (sport)
3. (feminine) droppings (animal waste)
4. (feminine) ball (in the game of jeu de paume)
5. (Quebec, feminine, slang) pussy (female genitalia)
6. (Louisiana, feminine) a ball; a football

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of peloter:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of peloter:

Concepts

ball

hank

pellet

pelota

threadball

yarnball

Synonyms

peloton

Translations

Knäuel

yumak

gomitolo

pelòta

peloto

bola

ovillo

iğne yastığı

top

bolletje

kluwen

uilebal

speldenkussen

cabdell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pə.lɔt/

Etymology

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).