palha

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin palea (straw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎo/
  • (file)

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw

Derived terms

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin paleam.

Pronunciation

Noun

palha f

  1. straw

Descendants

  • Galician: palla
  • Portuguese: palha

Further reading

Portuguese

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palha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (straw), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (flour, dust). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lha

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  2. (uncountable) straw considered collectively
  3. textile made of straw
    Synonym: palhinha
  4. (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
  5. (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
    1. (card games) cards that give no points in sueca

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913