paleta

See also: Paleta and pałęta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paleta (“small stick”). Doublet of palette.

Noun

paleta (plural paletas)

1. A caramel lollipop.
2. An ice lolly.
   1. An ice lolly made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.
      • 2008 June 18, Mark Bittman, “Mexican Summer on a Stick”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

        Throughout Mexico, paletas are made with fresh fruit and not much sugar, pretty much the opposite of commercial sorbets and sherbets sold here.

Anagrams

• Platea, leap at, palate, patela, petala

Catalan

Etymology

From pala +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈlɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈlə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈle.ta]

Noun

paleta f (plural paletes)

1. diminutive of pala (“shovel”)
2. trowel
3. paddle
4. palette

Noun

paleta m or f by sense (plural paletes)

1. bricklayer

   Synonym: (Balearic) picapedrer

2. construction worker

Further reading

• “paleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “paleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “paleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɛta]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French palette or Italian paletta (possibly via German Palette), ultimately from Latin pāla (“a shovel, spade”).

Noun

paleta f (relational adjective paletový or paletní, diminutive paletka)

1. palette (a thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours)
2. palette (the range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.)
3. (computing, graphical user interface) palette (a visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.)
4. pallet (a portable platform for transporting goods)

Declension

Declension of paleta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	paleta	palety
genitive	palety	palet
dative	paletě	paletám
accusative	paletu	palety
vocative	paleto	palety
locative	paletě	paletách
instrumental	paletou	paletami

Derived terms

• paletový vozík
• paleťák

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian boletta (“tax receipt”), a diminutive of bolla from Latin bulla.

Noun

paleta f

1. (colloquial) an expensive bill
2. (colloquial, obsolete) an official voucher, certificate

Declension

Declension of paleta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	paleta	palety
genitive	palety	palet
dative	paletě	paletám
accusative	paletu	palety
vocative	paleto	palety
locative	paletě	paletách
instrumental	paletou	paletami

Further reading

• “paleta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “paleta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Verb

paleta

1. present passive indicative connegative of palaa

Anagrams

• apelta, pelaat, pelata

Ido

Etymology

From pala (“pale, pallid, wan”) +‎ -et-.

Adjective

paleta

1. palish

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French palette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta

Noun

paleta f

1. (painting) palette (board)
2. (painting) palette (range of colors)
3. pallet, skid (portable platform)
4. palette, range (selection, array)

Declension

Declension of paleta

	singular	plural
nominative	paleta	palety
genitive	palety	palet
dative	palecie	paletom
accusative	paletę	palety
instrumental	paletą	paletami
locative	palecie	paletach
vocative	paleto	palety

Derived terms

adjective

• paletowy

Further reading

• paleta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paleta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• palheta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian paletta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈle.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈle.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈle.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧ta

Noun

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. palette (thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours)
2. palette (range of colours in a given work)

Spanish

Etymology

From pala +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈleta/ [paˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta

Noun

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. trowel, small shovel
2. ice lolly, popsicle, paleta

   Synonym: helado

3. lollipop, paleta

   Synonyms: piruleta, chupetín

4. palette
5. diminutive of pala

Noun

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. female equivalent of paleto

Derived terms

• pelota paleta

Related terms

• palito
• palo

Adjective

paleta

1. feminine singular of paleto

Further reading

• “paleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paleta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈleta/ [pɐˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta

Noun

paleta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜆ)

1. palette
2. trowel; small shovel

References

• “paleta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Veps

Etymology

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Verb

paleta

1. to be cold, to be freezing

Inflection

Inflection of paleta (inflection type 28/edeta)
1st infinitive	paleta
present indic.	paleneb
past indic.	paleni
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	palenen	palenin	—
2nd singular	palened	palenid	palene
3rd singular	paleneb	paleni	palekaha
1st plural	palenem	palenim	palekam
2nd plural	palenet	palenit	palekat
3rd plural	paletas paleneba	paleniba	palekaha
sing. conneg.1	palene	palenend	palene
plur. conneg.	palekoi	palenugoi	palekoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	palenižin	palenuižin	palenenen
2nd singular	palenižid	palenuižid	palenened
3rd singular	paleniži	palenuiži	paleneneb
1st plural	palenižim	palenuižim	palenenem
2nd plural	palenižit	palenuižit	palenenet
3rd plural	palenižiba	palenuižiba	paleneneba
connegative	paleniži	palenuiži	palenene
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	paleta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	paletes	inessive	palenemas
instructive	paleten	illative	palenemaha
participles		elative	palenemaspäi
present active	palenii	adessive	palenemal
past active	palenu	abessive	palenemat
past passive	paletud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “зябнуть, озябнуть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika