semelle
French
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.mɛl/
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Noun
semelle f (plural semelles)
- sole (of a shoe)
- bit, iota
- (railway) base plate pad
- bedplate (of machine)
- running surface (of ski)
- (informal) untender meat
Derived terms
- mettre la semelle
- ne pas lâcher d'une semelle
- semeler (“to sole”)
- semelle du pape
Further reading
- “semelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
semelle
- inflection of semellar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative