dalle

Etymology

From Middle French dalle (“sink, gullet”), a borrowing from Old Norse dæla (“a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves”), from Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), cognate with Dutch daal (“trough, spout”). More at dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/

Noun

dalle f (plural dalles)

1. slab, flagstone

Verb

dalle

1. first-person singular present indicative of daller
2. third-person singular present indicative of daller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of daller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of daller
5. second-person singular imperative of daller

Further reading

• “dalle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Contraction

dalle

1. (contraction of da le) from the

Anagrams

• della

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtalle/

Adverb

dalle

1. then, at that time

Etymology

From Latin dacūlum (“sickle, scythe”).

Noun

dalle m (plural dalles)

1. scythe