pelle
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Pronunciation
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Verb
pelle
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
Noun
pelle
- A clown.
Declension
| Inflection of pelle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 pellein rare | |
| 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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale.
Pronunciation
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.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
pelle
- inflection of pellen:
Noun
pelle (uncountable)
Etymology 1
From Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Contraction
pelle
Noun
pelle
Verb
pelle
Etymology
Noun
pelle f (plural pelles)
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