paillasse

See also: Paillasse

English

Alternative forms

palliasse

Etymology

From French, from paille (“straw”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /pælˈjɑːs/, /ˈpæljæs/, /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/, /ˈpælɪˌæs/

Noun

paillasse (plural paillasses)

(chiefly Britain) An under bed or mattress of straw.
- 1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 29, in The Elusive Pimpernel:
  He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.

See also

pallet

References

paillasse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

palliasse

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.jas/
Rhymes: -jas

Etymology 1

paille (“straw”) +‎ -asse

Noun

paillasse f (plural paillasses)

paillasse, straw mattress
laboratory desk

Descendants

Haitian Creole: payas

Verb

paillasse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pailler

Etymology 2

From Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw”), from Latin palea.

Noun

paillasse m (plural paillasses)

clown, buffoon

Descendants

→ Alemannic German: Pajass, Bajass

Further reading

“paillasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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