palha

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin palea (“straw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʎo/

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Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

1. straw

Derived terms

• palhós

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Portuguese

palha

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese palla, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧lha
• Rhymes: -aʎɐ

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. (uncountable) straw considered collectively
3. textile made of straw

   Synonym: palhinha

4. (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
5. (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
   1. (card games) cards that give no points in sueca

Derived terms

• palha de abade
• palha de aço
• palha-de-água
• palha-de-arco

• palha de arroz
• palha-de-camelo
• palha de frade
• palha-de-penacho

• palha-de-prata
• palha-de-santa-fé
• palhaço

Related terms

• empalhado
• empalhamento
• empalhar
• palhagem

• palhal
• palheiro
• palhiço
• palhinha

• palhoça
• palhoso

Further reading

• “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913