taille

Meaning

1. the act of cutting, pruning, trimming
2. size
3. waist
4. waistline
5. a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage

Concepts

size

waist

height

measure

dimension

stature

extent

measurement

length

tallness

magnitude

pruning

dimensions

bulk

waistline

volume

midriff

figure

cut

tall

area

gauge

breadth

scale

scope

zone

extend

amount

number

bigness

degree

range

belt

standard size

stock size

wasp waist

hips

loins

pelvic region

all

large and small

sizes

carving

engraving

sculpture

carving and engraving

abdomen

body

torso

trunk

design

pattern

dry pruning

green pruning

thinning

topping

tree clipping

trimming

cutting

shearing

tower

hip

thickness

importance

depth

center

middle

shank

width

size of it

taille

abundance

quantity

quantum

sum

mass

proportion

h

high

butte

limit

membrane

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taj/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taille, from Latin talea (“a cutting”). Compare Italian taglia, Catalan talla.

Sentences

La Tour de César est construite en pierres de taille grises .

Caesar's Tower is built of gray cut stones.

Elle porte deux rangées horizontales de quatre yeux de même taille .

She wears two horizontal rows of four eyes of the same size.

Les outils de taille peuvent aussi être les vecteurs de propagation de maladies .

Cutting tools can also be vectors for the spread of diseases.

La localité de Mondrecourt a la taille d'un hameau .

The town of Mondrecourt is the size of a hamlet.