pelote

pelote

1. future adverbial passive participle of peli

• Rhymes: -ote

pelote

1. a deterrent

• ydinpelote

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).

• IPA^(key): /pə.lɔt/, (informal) /plɔt/

pelote f (plural pelotes)

1. ball (e.g. of string, wire)
2. pelota (sport)
3. droppings (animal waste)
4. ball (in the game of jeu de paume)
5. (Quebec, slang) pussy (female genitalia)
6. (Louisiana) a ball; a football

• pelote basque
• (genitalia): avoir la pelote à terre
• plotte

pelote

1. first-person singular present indicative of peloter
2. third-person singular present indicative of peloter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of peloter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of peloter
5. second-person singular imperative of peloter

• “pelote” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• potelé

13th century. Pel (“skin, hide”) +‎ -ote.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlɔte̝/

pelote m (plural pelotes)

1. skin cloak
2. (historical) skin garment
3. (historical, by extension) cloth garment
   • 1287, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 42:

     A ponte d'Ourens, os meus pannos, conuén saber, o manto e o pelote e a saya.

     To the [contruccion of the] bridge of Ourense I bequeath my clothes, that is, the mantle and the garment and the robe

From French pelote.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlɔte̝/

pelote m (plural pelotes)

1. dropping

• “pelote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “pelote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pelote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pelote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.