dalle

See also: Dalle, dallé, and dallë

French

Etymology

From Middle French dalle (“sink, gullet”), a borrowing from Old Norse dæla (“a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves”), from Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), cognate with Dutch daal (“trough, spout”). More at dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/

• Audio:

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Noun

dalle f (plural dalles)

1. slab, flagstone

Derived terms

• avoir la dalle
• daller
• que dalle

Verb

dalle

1. first-person singular present indicative of daller
2. third-person singular present indicative of daller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of daller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of daller
5. second-person singular imperative of daller

Further reading

• “dalle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Contraction

dalle

1. contraction of da le; from the

Related terms

• da'
• dagli
• dai
• dal
• dall'
• dalla
• dallo

Anagrams

• della

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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtalle/

Adverb

dalle

1. then, at that time

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dacūlum (“sickle, scythe”).

Noun

dalle m (plural dalles)

1. scythe

Synonyms

• guadaña