paille

See also: paillé and päille

Finnish

Noun

paille

1. (deprecated template usage) allative singular of pai
2. (deprecated template usage) allative plural of pai

Anagrams

• apelli, apille

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French

Etymology

From Old French paille, from Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paj/ ~ /pɑj/, /paj/

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Noun

paille f (plural pailles)

1. straw (dried grass)
2. (drinking) straw
3. flaw in a gem or metal

Derived terms

• empailler
• feu de paille

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pellai

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Middle English

Noun

paille

1. Alternative form of payle