noun, feminine/pə.lɔt/plural: pelotes
ball (e.g. of string, wire); pelota (sport); droppings (animal waste); ball (in the game of jeu de paume); pussy (female genitalia)
“(archaic)”
Synonyms: éteuf
Related: avoir la pelote à terre
From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).