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pelisse

Meaningmade of skins

Common meaning: a long fur-lined cloak

Journey through time

  1. Latinpellicea‘made of skins’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsmade of skins → a skin of furpelisse‘a skin of fur’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa skin of fur → a long fur-lined cloakpelisse‘a long fur-lined cloak’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin pellicea ‘made of skins’.

Roots

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