talea

English

Noun

talea (plural taleae)

1. (music) A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tālea (“cutting; scion”).

Noun

talea f (plural talee)

1. cutting, scion

Related terms

• taleaggio

Anagrams

• alate, altea

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂l- (“to grow; young animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.le.a/, [ˈt̪äːɫ̪eä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.le.a/, [ˈt̪äːleä]

Noun

tālea f (genitive tāleae); first declension

1. A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.
2. A cutting, set or layer for planting.
3. (by extension) A scion, twig, sprig.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tālea	tāleae
Genitive	tāleae	tāleārum
Dative	tāleae	tāleīs
Accusative	tāleam	tāleās
Ablative	tāleā	tāleīs
Vocative	tālea	tāleae

Synonyms

• (rod): virga
• (scion): virga

Derived terms

• tāleola
• taliō
• taleāre

Descendants

• Old French: taille, tallie
  • Middle French: taille
    • French: taille
      • → Danish: talje
    • → English: taille
  • → Irish: táille
  • → Middle English: talie
    • English: tally
• Italian: talea
• Spanish: tajar
• Portuguese: talhar
• → German: Teller
• → North Frisian: täliir (Halligen)
• → Dutch: taloor (Belgian, West Flemish, informal)

References

• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “talea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• talea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• talea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette