pelle
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish pelle (no longer common), after its usage in Pelle Jöns (compare Swedish pellejöns), originally from Pelle, a diminutive form of Peter and/or Per.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpelːe/, [ˈpe̞lːe̞]
- Rhymes: -elːe
- Syllabification(key): pel‧le
Declension
| Inflection of pelle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | pelle | pellet | ||
| genitive | pellen | pellejen | ||
| partitive | pelleä | pellejä | ||
| illative | pelleen | pelleihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | pelle | pellet | ||
| accusative | nom. | pelle | pellet | |
| gen. | pellen | |||
| genitive | pellen | pellejen pelleinrare | ||
| partitive | pelleä | pellejä | ||
| inessive | pellessä | pelleissä | ||
| elative | pellestä | pelleistä | ||
| illative | pelleen | pelleihin | ||
| adessive | pellellä | pelleillä | ||
| ablative | pelleltä | pelleiltä | ||
| allative | pellelle | pelleille | ||
| essive | pellenä | pelleinä | ||
| translative | pelleksi | pelleiksi | ||
| abessive | pellettä | pelleittä | ||
| instructive | — | pellein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
- kommaripelle
- lakupelle
- nakupelle
- natsipelle
- pellehyppy
- pellehyppääjä
- pellenenä
- pellepuku
- sirkuspelle
- suvakkipelle
- svedupelle
- trendipelle
- ulkomaanpelle
Further reading
- “pelle”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Noun
pelle f (plural pelles)
- shovel, spade
- 1945, “Les feuilles mortes”, Jacques Prévert (lyrics), Joseph Kosma (music):
- Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle / Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi
- Dead leaves are shovelled up / Memories and regrets are too
- dustpan
- fluke (anchor blade)
- (slang) French kiss
Related terms
Further reading
- “pelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
pelle
- inflection of pellen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛl.le/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: pèl‧le
Noun
pelle f (plural pelli)
- skin
- hide (animal's skin)
- leather
- Synonym: cuoio
- life, existence
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- I più intelligenti rompevano le regole e al tempo stesso si salvavano la pelle.
- The clever thing was to break the rules and stay alive all the same.
- (literally, “The most intelligent ones broke the rules and at the same time saved their lives.”)
Derived terms
- non stare più nella pelle (“can't wait (to do something)”)
Related terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpel.le/
- Rhymes: -elle
- Hyphenation: pél‧le
Latin
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