palissade
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French palissade, from Old French, probably from Old Occitan palissada.
Pronunciation
Noun
palissade f (plural palissaden or palissades)
- palisade, fence made of wooden stakes
Descendants
French
Etymology
From palis + -ade, or from Old French, borrowed from Old Occitan palissada. Ultimately from a derivative of Latin palus.
Pronunciation
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Noun
palissade f (plural palissades)
Descendants
- → Dutch: palissade (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: палиса́да (palisáda), палиса́д (palisád)
Further reading
- “palissade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.