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mitraille.

grapeshot

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mi.tʁaj//mi.tʁɑj/

  1. grapeshot

    feminine

  2. dosh, dough (money)

    feminine · informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y-der.? Proto-Germanic *maitaną Proto-Germanic *mītǭ Old Dutch mitebor. Old French mite Old French mitaille French mitraille From Old French mitaille (“small coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then grapeshot”); originally diminutive of mite (“small coin”), from Old Dutch mite (“something small”), from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).

verb/mi.tʁaj//mi.tʁɑj/

  1. inflection of mitrailler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of mitrailler: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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