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Definition pale

Etymology 1

From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”).

Adjective

pale (comparative paler, superlative palest)

  1. Light in color.
  2. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. Feeble, faint.
Verb

pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled)

  1. (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
  2. (intransitive) To become insignificant.
  3. (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Noun

pale

  1. (obsolete) Paleness; pallor.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pale, pal, borrowed from Old French pal, from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”). Doublet of peel and pole. The word is also ultimately derived from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”), although English inherited pole (or, rather Old English p?l) from Proto-Germanic (being an old borrowing).

Noun

pale (plural pales)

  1. A wooden stake; a picket.
  2. (archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
  3. (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
  4. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
  5. (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
  6. (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
    1. (historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
    2. (historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
    3. (historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
  7. (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
  8. A cheese scoop.
  9. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
Verb

pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled)

  1. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.

Results 171 Words with the letters PALE

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6 letter words with the letters PALE 
ALEPHS 12
ALIPED 11
ALPINE 11
AMPLER 13
AMPULE 14
APLITE 10
APNEAL 11
APPEAL 13
APPELS 13
APPLES 13
ASLEEP 10
ASLOPE 10
BELEAP 13
CAPLET 13
CARPEL 13
CHAPEL 15
CULPAE 14
DAPPLE 14
DEWLAP 14
EARLAP 10
ELAPID 11
ELAPSE 10
EMPALE 13
EPICAL 13
ESPIAL 10
IMPALE 13
LAMPED 14
LAPELS 11
LAPPED 14
LAPPER 13
LAPPET 13
LAPSED 11
LAPSER 10
LAPSES 10
LEAPED 11
LEAPER 10
LIPASE 10
MAPLES 13
PADDLE 12
PADLES 11
PAELLA 11
PALACE 13
PALATE 10
PALEAE 10
PALEAL 11
PALELY 13
PALEST 10
PALETS 10
PALIER 10
PALLED 12
PALLET 11
PALMED 14
PALMER 13
PALTER 10
PANELS 11
PAPULE 14
PARCEL 13
PARLED 11
PARLES 10
PARLEY 12
PAROLE 10
PARREL 10
PASSEL 10
PASTEL 10
PEALED 11
PEARLS 10
PEARLY 12
PEDALO 11
PEDALS 11
PEDLAR 11
PELAGE 12
PELOTA 10
PENIAL 11
PETALS 10
PHYLAE 14
PINEAL 11
PLACED 14
PLACER 13
PLACES 13
PLACET 13
PLAGES 12
PLAGUE 13
PLAICE 13
PLANED 12
PLANER 11
PLANES 11
PLANET 11
PLAQUE 20
PLATED 11
PLATEN 11
PLATER 10
PLATES 10
PLAYED 13
PLAYER 12
PLEACH 15
PLEADS 11
PLEASE 10
PLEATS 10
PLEIAD 11
PLEURA 11
PLEXAL 18
PLICAE 13
POLEAX 17
RAPPEL 13
REPEAL 10
REPLAN 11
REPLAY 12
SALEPS 10
SALPAE 10
SAMPLE 13
SEPALS 10
SEPTAL 10
SPALES 10
SPLAKE 14
STAPLE 10
TEPALS 10
UPLEAP 14
5 letter words with the letters PALE 
ALEPH 11
AMPLE 12
APPEL 12
APPLE 12
LAPEL 10
MAPLE 12
PADLE 10
PALED 10
PANEL 10
PEDAL 10
PENAL 10
PEPLA 12
PLACE 12
PLAGE 11
PLANE 10
PLEAD 10
PLENA 10
4 letter words with the letters PALE 
LEAP 8
PALE 8
PEAL 8
PLEA 8
3 letter words with the letters PALE 
ALE 4
ALP 7
APE 6
LAP 7
LEA 4
PAL 7
PEA 6
2 letter words with the letters PALE 
AE 2
AL 3
EL 3
LA 3
PA 5
PE 5

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