"taille" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /taj/, /tɑj/ Audio: Fr-taille.ogg Forms: tailles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French taille, from Latin talea (“a cutting”). Compare Italian taglia, Catalan talla. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|taille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French taille, {{inh+|fr|fro|taille}} Inherited from Old French taille, {{inh|fr|la|talea||a cutting}} Latin talea (“a cutting”), {{cog|it|taglia}} Italian taglia, {{cog|ca|talla}} Catalan talla Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} taille f (plural tailles)
  1. the act of cutting, pruning, trimming Tags: feminine Synonyms: coupe
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-N~DQY~hC
  2. size Tags: feminine Synonyms: grandeur, gabarit
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-zNy-hG89
  3. waist Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-bCRWuZub Disambiguation of Anatomy: 7 4 66 4 19
  4. waistline Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-G0ZOa0kG
  5. a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-gdfTNJ3z Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 12 19 4 3 0 1 0 32 9 2 2 0 12 3 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 2 1 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: de taille, pierre de taille, taillable, taille de guêpe, tour de taille Related terms: tailler

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          "ref": "2005, Marc-André Wagner, Le cheval dans les croyances germaniques: paganisme, christianisme et traditions [The Horse in Germanic Beliefs: Paganism, Christianity, and Traditions], Honoré Champion",
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