falda

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Italian falda, from a Germanic language; compare fold.

Noun[edit]

falda (plural faldas)

  1. A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.

Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural faldes)

  1. skirt

Synonyms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan falda.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural faldes)

  1. lap
  2. lower slope (of a mountain)
    Synonyms: baldana, faldar
  3. (Balearic, Valencia) skirt
    Synonyms: faldilla, faldeta
  4. skirt, flank (of an animal)
  5. (nautical) foot of a lateen
    Synonyms: faldar, pujament

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German valte, valt, from Old High German falt, from Proto-Germanic *falþō. Cognate with German Falte.

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural falden) (Sette Comuni)

  1. fold, pleat
    De marzlaan, in dòi sait, zeint gabéest bait un bòlla falden.
    The skirts, at the time, were full of folds.
  2. path, way
    Dèar puube hat gasnapt aan an órnen bèg.
    The boy went down a bad path.

Declension[edit]

Declension of falda – 6th declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an de falda de falden
accusative an de falda de falden
dative anara dar falden in falden

References[edit]

  • “falda” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From faldur (“hem”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)

  1. to hem, to lay up

Conjugation[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (“to fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *falþan.[1]

Compare German Falte (“fold”), Spanish falda (“skirt”), Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal.da/
  • Rhymes: -alda
  • Hyphenation: fàl‧da

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural falde)

  1. layer, stratum
  2. brim (of a hat)
  3. tails (of a coat)
  4. lower slope (of a mountain)
  5. snowflake
    Synonym: fiocco

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading[edit]

  • falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb[edit]

falda (singular past indicative felt, plural past indicative feldu, past participle faldinn)

  1. to hood
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of falda — active (strong class 7)
infinitive falda
present participle faldandi
past participle faldinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular feld felt
2nd-person singular feldr felzt
3rd-person singular feldr felt
1st-person plural fǫldum feldum
2nd-person plural faldið felduð
3rd-person plural falda feldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular falda felda
2nd-person singular faldir feldir
3rd-person singular faldi feldi
1st-person plural faldim feldim
2nd-person plural faldið feldið
3rd-person plural faldi feldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular fald
1st-person plural fǫldum
2nd-person plural faldið
Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive faldask
present participle faldandisk
past participle faldizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk feldumk
2nd-person singular felzk felzk
3rd-person singular felzk felzk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk feldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk felduzk
3rd-person plural faldask feldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk feldumk
2nd-person singular faldisk feldisk
3rd-person singular faldisk feldisk
1st-person plural faldimsk feldimsk
2nd-person plural faldizk feldizk
3rd-person plural faldisk feldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular falzk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk
Descendants[edit]
  • Danish: folde

References[edit]

  • “falda2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *faldōną. Also ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb[edit]

falda

  1. to hood (= falda (etymology 1))
  2. to fold, make folds
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of falda — active (weak class 2)
infinitive falda
present participle faldandi
past participle faldaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular falda faldaða
2nd-person singular faldar faldaðir
3rd-person singular faldar faldaði
1st-person plural fǫldum fǫlduðum
2nd-person plural faldið fǫlduðuð
3rd-person plural falda fǫlduðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular falda faldaða
2nd-person singular faldir faldaðir
3rd-person singular faldi faldaði
1st-person plural faldim faldaðim
2nd-person plural faldið faldaðið
3rd-person plural faldi faldaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular falda
1st-person plural fǫldum
2nd-person plural faldið
Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive faldask
present participle faldandisk
past participle faldazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular faldask faldaðisk
3rd-person singular faldask faldaðisk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk fǫlduðumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk fǫlduðuzk
3rd-person plural faldask fǫlduðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular faldisk faldaðisk
3rd-person singular faldisk faldaðisk
1st-person plural faldimsk faldaðimsk
2nd-person plural faldizk faldaðizk
3rd-person plural faldisk faldaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular faldask
1st-person plural fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “falda1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold.

Verb[edit]

falda

  1. to hood

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of falda (strong)
present past
infinitive falda —
participle faldandi, faldande faldin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk falder faldi, falde — fælt fioldi, fiolde
þū falder faldi, falde falt *fælst fioldi, fiolde
han falder faldi, falde — fælt fioldi, fiolde
vīr faldum, faldom faldum, faldom faldum, faldom fioldum, fioldom fioldum, fioldom
īr faldin faldin faldin fioldin fioldin
þēr falda faldin — fioldu, fioldo fioldin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk falts faldis, faldes — fælts fioldis, fioldes
þū falts faldis, faldes — *fælsts fioldis, fioldes
han falts faldis, faldes — fælts fioldis, fioldes
vīr faldums, -oms faldums, faldoms — fioldums, fioldoms fioldums, fioldoms
īr faldins faldins — fioldins fioldins
þēr faldas faldins — fioldus, fioldos fioldins

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See fralda.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaw.dɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaw.da/ [ˈfaʊ̯.da]

  • Hyphenation: fal‧da

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. foot, lower slope (of a mountain)
  2. border, edge

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (“to fold”), related to Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold, all from Proto-West Germanic *falþan. Doublet of halda.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalda/ [ˈfal̪.d̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alda
  • Syllabification: fal‧da

Noun[edit]

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. skirt
    Synonym: (South America) pollera
  2. (by extension, colloquial, often in the plural, metonymically) woman
  3. (slang) bit of skirt (woman as an object of desire)
  4. (butchery) brisket (a cut of meat)
  5. mountainside

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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