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pâler

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See also: paler

Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French parler, from Early Medieval Latin parabolāre.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pɑ.le/

Verb

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pâler

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) to speak

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French parler, from Early Medieval Latin parabolāre.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Jersey):(file)

Verb

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pâler (gerund pâl'lie)

  1. (Jersey) to speak
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[3], page 539:
      L'âne de Balaam a pâlaï j'airon du macré.
      Balaam's ass has spoken, we shall soon have mackerel.