dalle

== French == === Etymology === Inherited 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) slab, flagstone ==== Derived terms ==== avoir la dalle crever la dalle daller que dalle ==== Descendants ==== → English: dalles === Verb === dalle inflection of daller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “dalle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdal.le/ Rhymes: -alle Hyphenation: dàl‧le === Contraction === dalle contraction of da le; from the ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === dalle compound of da', the second-person singular imperative form of dare, with le === Anagrams === della == Northern Sami == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtalle/ === Adverb === dalle then, at that time ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: da‧lle === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Catalan dall or Occitan dalh, from Late Latin *daculum (“sickle, scythe”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-tlā, from *dʰalg-, *dʰalk- (“pricking, stabbing, or cutting tool; needle, pin; knife”), from *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (“to stick, prick, stab”). See also Lithuanian dilgėlė (“nettle”), dilgus (“prickly”), Latin falx (“hook, sickle”), Old Irish delg (“spine, needle”). ==== Noun ==== dalle m (plural dalles) scythe Synonym: guadaña === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== dalle inflection of dallar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “dalle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025