tailleiz

Old French

Alternative forms

• taillëis (late)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius, from Latin taliāre (“cut”). By surface analysis, tailler +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /taʎəˈits/
• (late) IPA^(key): /taʎ(ə)ˈis/

Adjective

tailleiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular taillëice)

1. cut out, framed, carpentered

Noun

tailleiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural tailleiz, nominative singular tailleiz, nominative plural tailleiz)

1. shrubbery

Descendants

• French: taillis

References

• Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.