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piolet.

ice axe, piolet

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pjɔ.lɛ/
  1. ice axe, piolet

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal piolèt (“small axe”), from piôla, from Piedmontese piòla, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā.

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