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noun, feminine

pelote

/pə.lɔt/

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”).