paleta

See also: Paleta and pałęta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paleta (“small stick”).

Noun

paleta (plural paletas)

1. A caramel lollipop.
2. An ice lolly.
3. 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, palate, patela, petala

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Catalan

Noun

paleta m or f (plural paletes)

1. bricklayer
2. construction worker constructing buildings

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Czech

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French palette or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian paletta (possibly via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Palette), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pāla (“a shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalɛta/

Noun

paleta f

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)

Derived terms

• paleťák
• paletový vozík

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian boletta (“tax receipt”), a diminutive of bolla from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalɛta/

Noun

paleta f

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

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Finnish

Verb

paleta

1. (deprecated template usage) present passive indicative connegative of palaa

Anagrams

• apelta, pelaat, pelata

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Ido

Etymology

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

Adjective

paleta

1. palish

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• palheta

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)

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Spanish

Etymology

From pala +‎ -eta.

Adjective

paleta

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective paleto.

Noun

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. diminutive of pala
2. trowel, small shovel
3. lollipop, paleta
4. ice lolly, paleta
5. palette

paleta f (plural paletas, masculine paleto, masculine plural paletos)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of paleto

Derived terms

• pelota paleta

Related terms

• palo
• palito

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Veps

Etymology

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Verb

paleta

1. to be cold, to be freezing

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