taille

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of tally. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ Homophones: tie, Ty, Thai === Noun === taille (countable and uncountable, plural tailles) (historical) A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. (baroque music jargon) The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola ==== Related terms ==== tallage (“a tax”) === References === “taille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === tallie == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French taille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.jə/ Hyphenation: tail‧le === Noun === taille f (plural tailles, diminutive tailletje n) waistline ==== Derived terms ==== wespentaille == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French taille, deverbal of Old French taillier (“to cut”). Compare Italian taglia, Catalan talla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taj/ ~ /tɑj/ === Noun === taille f (plural tailles) the act of cutting, pruning, trimming Synonym: coupe size Synonyms: grandeur, gabarit waist waistline a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage (baroque music jargon) The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tailler ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: talje → Dutch: taille → Russian: та́лия (tálija) → Spanish: talla === Further reading === “taille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === taille alternative form of tayl == Old French == === Alternative forms === tallie (rare, Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === Deverbal from taillier (“to cut”). === Noun === taille oblique singular, f (oblique plural tailles, nominative singular taille, nominative plural tailles) cut (act; instance of cutting) cut; wound; incision (result of being cut) cut (of clothing) a count kept by carving notches into a stick (by extension) a count; a tally charge; levy; taxation; tax ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: taille French: taille→ Danish: talje→ Dutch: taille→ Russian: та́лия (tálija)→ Spanish: talla → English: taille → Irish: táille → Middle English: talie English: tally === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (taille, supplement) taille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub