pelt

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɛlt/
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The noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from Middle English pellet (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”), from Anglo-Norman pelette, pellet, and Old French pelete, pelette (“thin layer, film, skin; epidermis; foreskin”), from pel (“skin; garment made of animal skin, pelisse”) (from Latin pellis (“animal skin, hide, pelt; leather; garment made of animal skin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”)) + -ete (diminutive suffix); or * from Late Latin peletta, pelleta, pelletta (“skin of an animal, especially a sheep”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Norwegian Bokmål pels (“fur; fur coat”) * Norwegian Nynorsk pels (“fur; fur coat”)

The verb is derived from Late Middle English pelt, pelte; further origin uncertain, probably a variant of Late Middle English pilten (“to push, thrust; to strike; to cast down, humble; to incite, induce; to place, put; to extend, reach forward with”) [and other forms], possibly from Old English *pyltan, from Late Latin *pultiare, from Latin pultāre (“to beat, knock, strike”), the frequentative of pellere, the present active infinitive of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to hurl; to banish, eject, expel, thrust out; to beat, strike; to set in motion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to beat; to drive, push”). The noun is derived from the verb.

Uncertain; possibly related to pelting (“mean, paltry”) (obsolete), peltry (“rubbish, trash; an unpleasant thing”) (chiefly Scotland, obsolete), and paltry (“of little value, trashy, trivial; contemptibly unimportant, despicable”), possibly from a Germanic language such as Middle Low German palte, palter (“cloth; rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth; rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“patch; rag, scrap”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but the word is possibly a wanderwort from *polto- (“cloth”).

A variant of pelta, borrowed from Latin pelta, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “small crescent-shaped leather shield of Thracian design”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps either from Thracian, or ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover; to wrap; hide; skin; cloth”).

Uncertain; possibly related to palter (“to talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions; to haggle; to babble, chatter; (rare) to trifle”), further etymology unknown. The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that any relation to pelting (“mean, paltry”) (obsolete) and paltry (“of little value, trashy, trivial; contemptibly unimportant, despicable”) is unlikely.

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gëzof — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Aleut: chngax̂ — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Arabic: فَرْو (farw) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Arabic: شَعَر (šaʕar) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Arabic: شَعْر (šaʕr) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Aramaic: ܫܠܚܐ — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Armenian: մուշտակ (muštak) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Middle Armenian: մուշտակ (muštak) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Old Armenian: մորթ (mortʻ) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Bashkir: тире (tire) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Belarusian: ску́ра (skúra) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Belarusian: шку́ра (škúra) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Bulgarian: ко́жа (kóža) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Bulgarian: кожу́х (kožúh) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Burmese: အရေပြား (a.re-pra:) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Catalan: pell — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Catalan: pellissa — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛皮 (máopí) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Plains-Cree: ᐊᑖᐚᑲᐣ — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Plains-Cree: atâwâkan — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Czech: surová kůže — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dolgan: тирии — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dutch: pels — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dutch: dos — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dutch: huid — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dutch: vacht — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Dutch: vel — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Esperanto: pelto — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Esperanto: felo — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: karusnahk — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: vammus — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: kasukas — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: karvik — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: turb — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Finnish: talja — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Finnish: turkis — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Finnish: vuota — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• French: peau — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• French: dépouille — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Galician: pel — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Galician: pelello — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Galician: pelica — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Galician: pena — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• German: Pelz — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• German: Balg — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• German: Fell — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Greek: πετσί (petsí) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Greek: δέρας (déras) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Greek: προβειά (proveiá) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Greek: τομάρι (tomári) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Icelandic: belgur — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Icelandic: feldur — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Icelandic: loðskinn — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᖅ (amiq) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Irish: peall — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Irish: bian — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Italian: pelle grezza — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Italian: pelle non conciata — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Italian: pelliccia — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Japanese: ファー (fā) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Japanese: 革 (kaku) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Japanese: 毛皮 — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Japanese: 毛革 — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Korean: 모피 (mopi) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Latin: pellis — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Latvian: kažoks — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Eastern Maninkakan: ɲúfukudu — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Manx: crackan — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Navajo: akágí — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Navajo: asgąʼ — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Navajo: hakágí — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Ojibwe: -wayaan — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Old East Slavic: скора (skora) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Pennsylvania German: Bels — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Plautdietsch: Pelz — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Plautdietsch: Fal — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Polish: skóra — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Old Polish: koża — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Portuguese: pele — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Portuguese: tosão — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Romanian: blană — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Russian: ко́жа (kóža) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Russian: шку́ра (škúra) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Northern Sami: roavgu — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Sanskrit: चर्मन् (carman) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Scottish Gaelic: seiche — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏лц — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀жух — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: кр́зно — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅlc — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: kòžuh — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Serbo-Croatian: kŕzno — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Slovak: kožušina — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Spanish: pelleja — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Spanish: piel — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Svan: კე̄შ (ḳēš) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Swedish: fäll — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Swedish: skinn — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Tibetan: གབ་ཀོབ — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Ottoman Turkish: كورك (kürk) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Ukrainian: шку́ра (škúra) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Ukrainian: ху́тро (xútro) — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Unami: xès — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Vilamovian: pełc — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Welsh: croen — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Zhuang: naeng — skin of an animal with the hair or wool on
• Estonian: nahk — skin of an animal with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning
• Finnish: nahas — skin of an animal with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning
• Dutch: huid — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Dutch: vel — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Estonian: ihunahk — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Estonian: nahk — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Estonian: ihu — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Finnish: nahka — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Finnish: iho — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• French: peau — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• German: Haut — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Hebrew: עור — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Icelandic: húð — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Italian: pellaccia — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Polish: skóra — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Portuguese: pele — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Portuguese: coiro — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Russian: ко́жа (kóža) — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏жа — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍža — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Spanish: piel — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Swedish: päls — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Swedish: hud — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Swedish: skinn — (humorous, informal) human skin, especially when bare — see also skin
• Estonian: karv — (humorous, informal) person’s hair — see also hair
• Estonian: karbus — (humorous, informal) person’s hair — see also hair
• Finnish: tukka — (humorous, informal) person’s hair — see also hair
• Finnish: raskas sade — beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower
• Finnish: isku — blow or stroke from something thrown
• Estonian: nülgima — to remove (the skin) from an animal
• Finnish: nylkeä — to remove (the skin) from an animal
• Arabic: حَذَفَ (ḥaḏafa) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Bulgarian: бомбардирам (bombardiram) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Catalan: bombardejar — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Cebuano: rakrak — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Czech: bombardovat — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Dutch: bombarderen — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Dutch: bekogelen — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Dutch: bestoken — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Finnish: pommittaa — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• French: bombarder — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• German: beschießen — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• German: bombardieren — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Icelandic: ausa yfir — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Icelandic: láta dynja á — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Icelandic: láta rigna á — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Old Irish: dobidci — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Māori: epa — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Māori: epaepa — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Māori: karaepa — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Māori: karaepaepa — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Middle English: totorven — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Nupe: tswán — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Polish: obrzucać — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Polish: obrzucić — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Russian: забра́сывать (zabrásyvatʹ) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Russian: заброса́ть (zabrosátʹ) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Russian: заки́дывать (zakídyvatʹ) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Russian: закида́ть (zakidátʹ) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Spanish: bombardear — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Swedish: bombardera — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Tagalog: ratratín — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Ukrainian: закидувати (zakyduvaty) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Ukrainian: закидати (zakydaty) — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Wanyi: rangkijbi — to bombard (someone or something) with missiles
• Finnish: pakottaa iskuin — to force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles
• Finnish: langeta — of a number of small objects or the sun’s rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower
• Finnish: pudota — of a number of small objects or the sun’s rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower
• Finnish: sataa — of a number of small objects or the sun’s rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower
• Bulgarian: хвърлям (hvǎrljam) — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Bulgarian: замервам (zamervam) — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Czech: házet — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Czech: vrhat — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Finnish: heitellä — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Finnish: heittää — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Finnish: paiskoa — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Finnish: paskata — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Galician: tirar — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• German: bewerfen — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Māori: epa — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Māori: opa — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Serbo-Croatian: га́ђати — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Serbo-Croatian: gáđati — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Ukrainian: кидати (kydaty) — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Ukrainian: жбурляти (žburljaty) — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Volapük: bejedön — to (continuously) throw (missiles) at
• Bulgarian: барабаня (barabanja) — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Finnish: hakata — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Finnish: pieksää — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Finnish: piestä — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Finnish: rusikoida — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Scottish Gaelic: buail — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Scottish Gaelic: rùsg — to repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something)
• Bulgarian: барабаня (barabanja) — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Dutch: stortregenen — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Finnish: sataa kaatamalla — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• French: pleuvoir à verse — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• German: gießen — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• German: niederprasseln — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• German: prasseln — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Icelandic: hellirigna — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Icelandic: steypast — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Icelandic: steypast niður — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Khmer: ស្រំ (srɑm) — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Swedish: störtregna — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Ukrainian: барабанити (barabanyty) — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Ukrainian: стукати (stukaty) — especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily — see also rain down
• Bulgarian: профучавам (profučavam) — to move rapidly
• Czech: řítit se — to move rapidly
• Czech: svištět — to move rapidly
• Czech: uhánět — to move rapidly
• Finnish: rynnätä — to move rapidly
• Finnish: sännätä — to move rapidly
• Finnish: syöksyä — to move rapidly
• German: düsen — to move rapidly
• German: rasen — to move rapidly
• German: sausen — to move rapidly
• Swedish: störta — to move rapidly
• Finnish: heitellä päin — to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously