pâle

See also: pale, Pale, palé, palë, palę, pale-, and pâlé

French

Etymology

From Old French pasle, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), (compare English fallow).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑl/
pâle (file)

Adjective

pâle (plural pâles)

pale (light in color)
pale (lacking brightness)
pale (dull)

Derived terms

pâleur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Alep, lape, lapé, pela

Norman

Etymology 1

From Latin palea.

Noun

pâle f (plural pâles)

(Jersey, France) straw

Alternative forms

pâlle (Jersey)
païle (Guernsey)

Etymology 2

Verb

pâle

first-person singular present indicative of pâler
third-person singular present indicative of pâler
second-person singular imperative of pâler

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