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dalle

paving slab, flagstone

noun DAL Less Common

Also means

ceiling (informal)

Usage Note

Dalle primarily means a flat stone or concrete paving slab. In very informal French, avoir la dalle means 'to be starving hungry,' and que dalle is familiar slang for 'absolutely nothing.' These informal uses are unrelated to the architectural sense.

Examples

"Les dalles du trottoir sont glissantes."

Natural Translation

The pavement slabs are slippery.

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