"pâle" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /pal/, /pɑl/ Audio: Fr-pâle.ogg Forms: pâles [plural]
Etymology: From Old French pale, palle, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”). In Old French one would expect a sycopated *paut, *paude; the form pal(l)e requires a lack of syncope. According to Trésor de la langue française it is a borrowing, though it might also reflect a regional development. Doublet of pallide. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|pale}} Old French pale, {{der|fr|la|pallidus||pale, pallid}} Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), {{m+|fro|-}} Old French, {{doublet|fr|pallide}} Doublet of pallide Head templates: {{fr-adj}} pâle (plural pâles)
  1. pale (light in color)
    Sense id: en-pâle-fr-adj-GvGkXRDm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 73 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 4 4 1 29 29 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 2 2 1 31 31 3
  2. pale (lacking brightness)
    Sense id: en-pâle-fr-adj-OrKsQmhV
  3. pale (dull)
    Sense id: en-pâle-fr-adj-X-545Oc7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faire pâle figure, pâleur, pâlir, se faire porter pâle Related terms: blanc comme un linge

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "faire pâle figure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pâleur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pâlir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "se faire porter pâle"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: pal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: pal"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "pallidus",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pallide"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of pallide",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blanc comme un linge"
    }
  ],
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          "pale"
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        ]
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        "pale (dull)"
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        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/pal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑl/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "pâles (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pale"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pales"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pals (chiefly France)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pâle"
}
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    "French doublets",
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    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      "word": "faire pâle figure"
    },
    {
      "word": "pâleur"
    },
    {
      "word": "pâlir"
    },
    {
      "word": "se faire porter pâle"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
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        "2": "pallide"
      },
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    }
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    }
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    {
      "word": "blanc comme un linge"
    }
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      ],
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      ],
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          "pale",
          "pale"
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      ]
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        "pale (dull)"
      ],
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          "pale",
          "pale"
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      ]
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    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑl/"
    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "pâles (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pale"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pales"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pals (chiefly France)"
    }
  ],
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