See also: fałda

English edit

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Etymology edit

From Italian falda, from a Germanic language; compare fold.

Noun edit

falda (plural faldas)

  1. A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.

Asturian edit

Noun edit

falda f (plural faldes)

  1. skirt

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan falda.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

falda f (plural faldes)

  1. lap
  2. lower slope (of a mountain)
    Synonyms: baldana, faldar
  3. (Balearics, Valencia) skirt
    Synonyms: faldilla, faldeta
  4. skirt, flank (of an animal)
  5. (nautical) foot of a lateen
    Synonyms: faldar, pujament

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Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German valte, valt, from Old High German falt, from Proto-Germanic *falþō. Cognate with German Falte.

Noun edit

falda f (plural falden) (Sette Comuni)

  1. fold, pleat
    De marzlaan, in dòi sait, zeint gabéest bait un bòlla falden.
    The skirts, at the time, were full of folds.
  2. path, way
    Dèar puube hat gasnapt aan an órnen bèg.
    The boy went down a bad path.

Declension edit

References edit

  • “falda” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From faldur (hem).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)

  1. to hem, to lay up

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (to fold), from Proto-West Germanic *falþan.[1]

Compare German Falte (fold), Spanish falda (skirt), Old High German faldan (to fold), English fold.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal.da/
  • Rhymes: -alda
  • Hyphenation: fàl‧da

Noun edit

falda f (plural falde)

  1. layer, stratum
  2. brim (of a hat)
  3. tails (of a coat)
  4. lower slope (of a mountain)
  5. snowflake
    Synonym: fiocco

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading edit

  • falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to fold).

Verb edit

falda (singular past indicative felt, plural past indicative feldu, past participle faldinn)

  1. to hood
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Danish: folde

References edit

  • falda2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *faldōną. Also ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to fold).

Verb edit

falda

  1. to hood (= falda (etymology 1))
  2. to fold, make folds
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References edit

  • falda1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold.

Verb edit

falda

  1. to hood

Conjugation edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

See fralda.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaw.dɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaw.da/ [ˈfaʊ̯.da]

  • Hyphenation: fal‧da

Noun edit

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. foot, lower slope (of a mountain)
  2. border, edge

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (to fold), related to Old High German faldan (to fold), English fold, all from Proto-West Germanic *falþan. Doublet of halda.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalda/ [ˈfal̪.d̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alda
  • Syllabification: fal‧da

Noun edit

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. skirt
    Synonym: (South America) pollera
  2. (by extension, colloquial, often in the plural, metonymically) woman
  3. (slang) bit of skirt (woman as an object of desire)
  4. (butchery) brisket (a cut of meat)
  5. mountainside

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