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tailles

tailles is the plural of taille.

Meaning of taille

Noun

taille (countable and uncountable, plural tailles)

  1. (historical) A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
    • The main royal tax was the taille, a tax on landed wealth, distributed among the généralités and assessed and levied in a variety of ways, and it was supplemented by a range of other direct taxes [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 143
  2. (baroque music jargon) The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola

Questions about tailles

What is tailles the plural of?
Tailles is the plural of taille.

Words near tailles in the dictionary

  1. taillage
  2. taillages
  3. taillamp
  4. taillamps
  5. taille
  6. tailles
  7. tailless
  8. taillessness
  9. tailleur
  10. tailleurs
  11. taillie

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