"percal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from German Perkal or French percale. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|de|Perkal}} Borrowed from German Perkal, {{bor|ro|fr|percale}} French percale Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|percale}} percal n (plural percale) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=percalelor|gpi=percale|gsd=percalului|gsi=percal|n=|npd=percalele|npi=percale|nsd=percalul|nsi=percal|vp=percalelor|vs=percalule}} Forms: percale [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], percal [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], percalul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], percale [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], percalele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], percal [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], percalului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], percale [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], percalelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], percalule [singular, vocative], percalelor [plural, vocative]
  1. percale Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-percal-ro-noun-59Ozb~PP Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 38 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 31 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 28 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 47 38 4 10

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /peɾˈkal/, [peɾˈkal] Forms: percales [plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from French percale. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|fr:percale|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "percale", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "percal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="percal"> Borrowed from French percale. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} percal m (plural percales)
  1. (textiles) percale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-percal-es-noun-59Ozb~PP Categories (other): Textiles, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Textiles Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 38 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 47 38 4 10 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 73 12 16 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 73 10 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 79 7 14 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of Textiles: 95 3 3 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  2. shebang, event, thing Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-percal-es-noun-Lmo6yGGW
  3. (bullfighting) feint of the cape Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-percal-es-noun-RbfHiHWK Categories (other): Bullfighting, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Bullfighting Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 38 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 47 38 4 10 Disambiguation of Bullfighting: 0 0 100 Topics: bullfighting, entertainment, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conocer el percal, oler el percal, olerse el percal

Inflected forms

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