piolet

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French piolet, or its source, Franco-Provençal piolet (small axe).

Pronunciation

Noun

piolet (plural piolets)

  1. (climbing) An ice axe/ice ax.

Anagrams

French

Un piolet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal piolèt (small axe), from piôla, from Piedmontese piòla, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā.

Pronunciation

Noun

piolet m (plural piolets)

  1. (climbing) ice axe, piolet

Descendants

  • English: piolet
  • Spanish: piolet
  • Romanian: piolet

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piolet.

Noun

piolet m (plural pioleți)

  1. (climbing) piolet

Declension

Spanish

Noun

piolet m (plural piolets)

  1. (climbing) piolet, ice ax

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