"taille" meaning in French

See taille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-bCRWuZub
  4. waistline Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-G0ZOa0kG
  5. a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-taille-fr-noun-gdfTNJ3z Disambiguation of Anatomy: 4 2 39 3 52 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 15 3 0 1 0 30 11 2 3 0 8 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 6 12 1 0 0 0 25 18 1 1 0 6 1 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 2 1 88
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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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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        {
          "english": "The last type is the \"hobby horse\", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skirt — covering most of his legs; a horse's head of wood […]",
          "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, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Le dernier type est le \"cheval-jupon\", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois[…]",
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      "tags": [
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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        ],
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          "tallage",
          "tallage"
        ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/taj/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tɑj/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "French terms derived from Old French",
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      "word": "pierre de taille"
    },
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      "word": "taillable"
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    {
      "word": "taille de guêpe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tour de taille"
    }
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "the act of cutting, pruning, trimming"
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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      ],
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          "word": "grandeur"
        },
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        {
          "english": "The last type is the \"hobby horse\", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skirt — covering most of his legs; a horse's head of wood […]",
          "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, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Le dernier type est le \"cheval-jupon\", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois[…]",
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        "waist"
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          "waist"
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        "feminine"
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          "tallage",
          "tallage"
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