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taille

Pronunciation: /taɪ/

The English word “taille” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
  2. The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of tally.

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