pickles

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪkl̩z/ === Noun === pickles plural of pickle === Noun === pickles (uncountable) (colloquial) Nonsense; folly. Synonyms: gammon, gammon and pickles, tripe, tripe and onions ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Verb === pickles third-person singular simple present indicative of pickle === Anagrams === pelicks, spickle == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pickles, itself from Middle Dutch pekel (“brine”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === pickles m (uncountable, no diminutive) (Belgium) piccalilli ==== Synonyms ==== piccalilly == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pi.kœls/ === Noun === pickles m (uncountable) pickle (pickled vegetable) === Further reading === “pickles”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English pickles. === Pronunciation === === Noun === pickles m (invariable) alternative form of picles == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English pickles. === Noun === pickles m pl (plural only) pickles ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.