pală

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lə/
• Rhymes: -alə
• Hyphenation: pa‧lă

Borrowed from French pale.

pală f (plural pale)

1. propeller blade

From a pre-Roman substrate of the Balkans . Likely akin to Albanian palë (“fold”).

pală f (plural pale)

1. the quantity of hay, straw, etc. a pitchfork can pick up
2. the quantity of grass etc. a scythe can mow in one swing

From Latin palla (“a lady's outer garment”).

pală f (plural pale)

1. rectangular piece of cloth which Romanian women used to put over their dresses

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پالا‎ (pala).

pală f (plural pale)

1. (archaic) broadsword

• paloș

Unknown.

pală f (plural pale)

1. whim, caprice

• pală in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• pală in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958-66.