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From pelo +‎ -are or from Latin pilāre (to deprive of hair).

  • IPA(key): /peˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pe‧là‧re

pelàre (first-person singular present pélo, first-person singular past historic pelài, past participle pelàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pluck (feathers, hair, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to skin (an animal)
  3. (transitive) to shear (hair)
  4. (transitive) to peel (fruit, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to strip (leaves, etc.)
  6. (transitive, figurative) to fleece (a person)
  7. (intransitive, colloquial) to cause a feeling of intense cold or heat (of the wind, etc.)

pelare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pelar

Inherited from Old Swedish pelare, pilare, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, pīlārium, from Latin pīla. Cognate of English pillar, German Pfeiler, French pilier.

pelare c

  1. pillar