paillasse

English

Alternative forms

• palliasse

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from paille (“straw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pælˈjɑːs/, /ˈpæljæs/, /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/, /ˈpælɪˌæs/

Noun

paillasse (plural paillasses)

1. (chiefly British) An under bed or mattress of straw.
   • 1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Elusive Pimpernel, ch. 29,

     He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.

See also

• pallet

References

• “paillasse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• palliasse

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.jas/
• Rhymes: -jas

Etymology 1

paille (“straw”) +‎ -asse

Noun

paillasse f (plural paillasses)

1. paillasse, straw mattress
2. laboratory desk

Verb

paillasse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pailler

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin palea.

Noun

paillasse m (plural paillasses)

1. clown, buffoon

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Pajass, Bajass

Further reading

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