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percale.

percale

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛʁ.kal/
  1. percale

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from an Indian language (possibly Tamil), originally from Classical Persian پرگاله (pargāla, “a patch, a percale”).

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