falda

English

Etymology

From Italian, from a Germanic language; compare fold.

Noun

falda (plural faldas)

  1. An white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.

Asturian

Noun

falda f (plural faldes)

  1. skirt

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From faldur (“hem”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfalta/
  • Rhymes: -alta

Verb

falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)

  1. to hem, to lay up

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Italian

Noun

falda f (plural falde)

  1. layer, stratum
  2. brim (of a hat)
  3. tails (of a coat)
  4. lower slope (of a mountain)
  5. snowflake

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb

falda (singular past indicative felt, plural past indicative feldu, past participle faldinn)

  1. to hood
Conjugation
Conjugation of falda — active (strong class 7)
infinitive falda
present participle faldandi
past participle faldinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular feld felt
2nd-person singular feldr felzt
3rd-person singular feldr felt
1st-person plural fǫldum feldum
2nd-person plural faldið felduð
3rd-person plural falda feldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular falda felda
2nd-person singular faldir feldir
3rd-person singular faldi feldi
1st-person plural faldim feldim
2nd-person plural faldið feldið
3rd-person plural faldi feldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular fald
1st-person plural fǫldum
2nd-person plural faldið
Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive faldask
present participle faldandisk
past participle faldizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk feldumk
2nd-person singular felzk felzk
3rd-person singular felzk felzk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk feldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk felduzk
3rd-person plural faldask feldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk feldumk
2nd-person singular faldisk feldisk
3rd-person singular faldisk feldisk
1st-person plural faldimsk feldimsk
2nd-person plural faldizk feldizk
3rd-person plural faldisk feldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular falzk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk
Descendants

References
  • falda2 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *faldōną. Also ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb

falda

  1. to hood (= falda (etymology 1))
  2. to fold, make folds
Conjugation
Conjugation of falda — active (weak class 2)
infinitive falda
present participle faldandi
past participle faldaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular falda faldaða
2nd-person singular faldar faldaðir
3rd-person singular faldar faldaði
1st-person plural fǫldum fǫlduðum
2nd-person plural faldið fǫlduðuð
3rd-person plural falda fǫlduðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular falda faldaða
2nd-person singular faldir faldaðir
3rd-person singular faldi faldaði
1st-person plural faldim faldaðim
2nd-person plural faldið faldaðið
3rd-person plural faldi faldaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular falda
1st-person plural fǫldum
2nd-person plural faldið
Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive faldask
present participle faldandisk
past participle faldazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular faldask faldaðisk
3rd-person singular faldask faldaðisk
1st-person plural fǫldumsk fǫlduðumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk fǫlduðuzk
3rd-person plural faldask fǫlduðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫldumk fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular faldisk faldaðisk
3rd-person singular faldisk faldaðisk
1st-person plural faldimsk faldaðimsk
2nd-person plural faldizk faldaðizk
3rd-person plural faldisk faldaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular faldask
1st-person plural fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural faldizk

References
  • falda1 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

See fralda.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: fal‧da

Noun

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. foot, lower slope (of a mountain)
  2. border, edge

Spanish

Etymology

From a Germanic language. Compare Frankish *falda, Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfalda/, [ˈfal̪d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -alda

Noun

falda f (plural faldas)

  1. skirt
  2. (slang) bit of skirt; (by extension) woman, especially as an object of desire
  3. (butchery) brisket, a cut of meat
  4. side (of a mountain); mountainside

Derived terms
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