different between palmier vs pallier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (“palm tree leaf”), the original name of this pastry.

Noun

palmier (plural palmiers)

1. A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.

   Synonym: elephant ear

Translations

Anagrams

• Palmeri, impaler, impearl, lempira, premail, premial

French

Etymology

palme +? -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.mje/
• Rhymes: -je
• Homophone: palmiers
• Hyphenation: pal?mier

Noun

palmier m (plural palmiers)

1. palm, palm tree
2. (baking) palmier (biscuit)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: palmier

Further reading

• “palmier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• emplira

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier (“palm tree”).

Noun

palmier m (plural palmieri)

1. palm tree

Declension

References

• palmier in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Adjective

pallier

1. comparative form of pally: more pally

Anagrams

• perilla

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palli? (“to cover with a cloak”), from pallium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.lje/

Verb

pallier

1. (transitive) to conceal
2. (transitive) to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of)

Usage notes

• This verb is direct transitive; the indirect transitive use with the preposition à is common, but proscribed.

Conjugation

References

• “pallier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).