gabelle

== English == === Etymology === From French gabelle. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡaˈbɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Noun === gabelle (plural gabelles) A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France. === Anagrams === gelable, legable == French == === Etymology === From Italian gabella, from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla, “bail, guaranty”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.bɛl/ === Noun === gabelle f (plural gabelles) (historical) gabelle, salt tax === Further reading === “gabelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈbɛl.le/ Rhymes: -ɛlle Hyphenation: ga‧bèl‧le === Noun === gabelle f plural of gabella === Anagrams === gellabe