pelote

pelote

1. future adverbial passive participle of peli

pelottaa +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeloteˣ/, [ˈpe̞lo̞t̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -elote
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧lo‧te
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧lo‧te

pelote

1. a deterrent

• “pelote”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).

• IPA^(key): /pə.lɔt/, (informal) /plɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

pelote f (plural pelotes)

1. ball (e.g. of string, wire)
2. pelota (sport)
3. droppings (animal waste)
4. ball (in the game of jeu de paume)
5. (Quebec, slang) pussy (female genitalia)
6. (Louisiana) a ball; a football

• pelote basque
• (genitalia): avoir la pelote à terre
• plotte

• → Breton: pouloud

pelote

1. inflection of peloter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pelote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• potelé

13th century. Pel (“skin, hide”) +‎ -ote.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlɔte̝/

pelote m (plural pelotes)

1. skin cloak
2. (historical) skin garment
3. (historical, by extension) cloth garment
   • 1287, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 42:

     A ponte d'Ourens, os meus pannos, conuén saber, o manto e o pelote e a saya.

     To the [contruccion of the] bridge of Ourense I bequeath my clothes, that is, the mantle and the garment and the robe

From French pelote.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlɔte̝/

pelote m (plural pelotes)

1. dropping

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pelote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pelote”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pelote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pelote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega