pall

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 2 Estonian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɔːl/
• (US) IPA: /pɔl/, /pɑl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɔːl

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English pæll, from Latin pallium ‘cloak, covering’.

[edit] Noun

pall (plural palls)

1. (archaic) Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
2. (Christianity) A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church.
3. A heavy canvas, especially laid over a coffin or tomb.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate (2006), page 150:

     Thirty years or so later, a woman was put to death for stealing the purple pall from his sarcophagus, a strange, crazy crime, […]

[edit] Derived terms

• cast a pall
• pallbearer
• tarpaulin

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[edit] Etymology 2

Aphetism from appall.

[edit] Verb

to pall (third-person singular simple present palls, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)

1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɑlʲː/

[edit] Noun

pall

1. ball

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

pall c.

Inflection for pall	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	pall	pallen	pallar	pallarna
Possessive form	palls	pallens	pallars	pallarnas

1. a stool; a chair without armrests or back
2. pallet; a movable platform, constructed to be moved by forklifts.

[edit] Derived terms

stool

• fotpall

[edit] See also

• stå pall