taillable
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the stem of tailler (“to cut”) + -able.
Adjective edit
taillable (plural taillables)
- (rare) cuttable; malleable
- Synonyms: malléable, façonnable
Etymology 2 edit
From taille (“land tax”) + -able.
Adjective edit
taillable (plural taillables)
- (historical) to be subject to the land tax of taille
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
taillable m or f by sense (plural taillables)
- (historical) someone required to pay the taille; a commoner taxpayer
See also edit
- (taxpayer): contribuable
Further reading edit
- “taillable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.