"taille" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /taɪ/ Audio: en-us-Thai.ogg Forms: tailles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of talea and tally. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|taille||cut|pos=n}} Middle French taille (“cut”, noun), {{doublet|en|talea|tally}} Doublet of talea and tally Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taille (countable and uncountable, plural tailles)
  1. (historical) A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-taille-en-noun-eARr-LRf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. (music, obsolete) The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-taille-en-noun-FD6voHYD Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tallage (english: a tax)

Inflected forms

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