paille

paille

1. allative singular/plural of pai

• apelli, apille

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

• IPA^(key): /paj/ ~ /pɑj/

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paille f (plural pailles)

1. straw (dried grass)
2. drinking straw
3. flaw in a gem or metal

• Haitian Creole: pay

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

• pellai

paille

1. Alternative form of payle