paille

See also: paillé and päille

Finnish

Noun

paille

allative singular/plural of pai

Anagrams

apelli, apille

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paj/, /pɑj/
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Noun

paille f (plural pailles)

straw (dried grass)
(drinking) straw
flaw in a gem or metal

Derived terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: pay

Further reading

“paille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“paille” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Anagrams

pellai

Middle English

Noun

paille

Alternative form of payle

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