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pelle

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pellen

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.

pelle

  1. A clown.

Inherited from Middle French pelle, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale, which is of either dialectal or Occitan origin.

pelle f (plural pelles)

  1. shovel, spade
  2. dustpan
  3. fluke (anchor blade)
  4. (slang) French kiss
    Synonyms: patin, galoche, palot

pelle

  1. inflection of pellen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

pelle (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) skin

Inherited from Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

pelle f (plural pelli)

  1. skin
  2. hide (animal's skin)
  3. leather
    Synonym: cuoio
  4. 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.”)

pelle

  1. (dated) contraction of per +‎ le

pelle

  1. ablative singular of pellis

pelle

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pellō

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

pelle f (plural pelles)

  1. (Jersey) shovel

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