piolet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French piolet, or its source, Franco-Provençal piolet (“small axe”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpjəʊ.leɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ə.leɪ/ === Noun === piolet (plural piolets) (climbing) An ice axe/ice ax. === Anagrams === Polite, polite, topile == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Franco-Provençal piolèt (“small axe”), from piôla, from Piedmontese piòla, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pjɔ.lɛ/ === Noun === piolet m (plural piolets) (climbing) ice axe, piolet ==== Descendants ==== → English: piolet → Spanish: piolet → Romanian: piolet ==== See also ==== pic à glace === Further reading === “piolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === pilote, piloté == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French piolet. === Noun === piolet m (plural pioleți) (climbing) piolet ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Noun === piolet m (plural piolets) (climbing) piolet, ice ax === Further reading === “piolet”, 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