pelare - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From pelo + -are or from Latin pilāre (“to deprive of hair”).
pelàre (first-person singular present pélo, first-person singular past historic pelài, past participle pelàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pluck (feathers, hair, etc.)
- (transitive) to skin (an animal)
- (transitive) to shear (hair)
- (transitive) to peel (fruit, etc.)
- (transitive) to strip (leaves, etc.)
- (transitive, figurative) to fleece (a person)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to cause a feeling of intense cold or heat (of the wind, etc.)
pelare
Inherited from Old Swedish pelare, pilare, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, pīlārium, from Latin pīla. Cognate of English pillar, German Pfeiler, French pilier.
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- pelare in Svensk ordbok.
- pelare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)