orle
English
Etymology
From Old French (also modern) orle, from orler (“to hem”), or from Latin *orula, a diminutive of Latin ora (“edge”), probably from os, oris (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔːl/
Noun
orle (plural orles)
- (heraldry) A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
- 1819, In his hand he bore that singular “abacus”, or staff of office, with which Templars are usually represented, having at the upper end a round plate, on which was engraved the cross of the Order, inscribed within a circle or orle, as heralds term it. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- (heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.
- (architecture) A fillet under the ovolo of a capital.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈorlɛ/
- Hyphenation: or‧le
Declension
Synonyms
- orlíče
- orlík
Derived terms
- orlátko
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁl/
Further reading
- “orle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- urle (Anglo-Norman)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (orle)
- urle on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔr.lɛ/
- Homophone: orlę
Adjective
orle
- inflection of orli:
- neuter nominative singular
- neuter accusative singular
- neuter vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative plural
- nonvirile accusative plural
- nonvirile vocative plural
Portuguese
Spanish
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