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noun, feminine

pelle

/pɛl/

noun, feminine/pɛl/plural: pelles

shovel, spade; dustpan; fluke (anchor blade); French kiss

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle / Les souvenirs et les regrets aussiDead leaves are shovelled up / Memories and regrets are too

Synonyms: patin, galoche, palot

Inherited from Middle French pelle, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). Doublet of pale, which is of either dialectal or Occitan origin.