# falda
## English

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### Etymology

From Italian falda, from Lombardic *falda, from Proto-Germanic *faldō, *falþō, related to Middle High German falde, falte (“a fold”). More at English fold.

### Noun

falda (plural faldas)
* A 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish falda, gradually displacing native saya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalda/ [ˈfal̪.d̪a]
* Hyphenation: fal‧da

### Noun

falda f (plural faldes)
* skirt
    Synonym: saya

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Old Catalan falda, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *falþō, related to the verb *falþaną (“to fold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfal.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfal.da]

### Noun

falda f (plural faldes)
* lap
* lower slope (of a mountain)
    Synonyms: baldana, faldar
* (Balearic, Valencia) skirt
    Synonyms: faldilla, faldeta
* skirt, flank (of an animal)
* (nautical) foot of a lateen
    Synonyms: faldar, pujament

#### Derived terms

* faldar
* faldeta
* faldilla
* minifalda

### Further reading

* “falda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “falda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German valte, valt, from Old High German falt, from Proto-Germanic *falþō. Cognate with German Falte.

### Noun

falda f (plural falden) (Sette Comuni)
* fold, pleat
    De marzlaan, in dòi sait, zeint gabéest bait un bòlla falden.The skirts, at the time, were full of folds.
* path, way
    Dèar puube hat gasnapt aan an órnen bèg.The boy went down a bad path.

#### Declension
### References

* “falda” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Icelandic

Inherited from Old Norse falda.

### Etymology

From faldur (“hem”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalta/
* Rhymes: -alta

### Verb

falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)
* to hem, to lay up

#### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “falda”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “falda” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Italian
### Etymology

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *faldā (“a fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *falþan.
Compare German Falte (“fold”), Spanish falda (“skirt”), Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal.da/
* Rhymes: -alda
* Hyphenation: fàl‧da

### Noun

falda f (plural falde)
* layer, stratum
* brim (of a hat)
* tails (of a coat)
* lower slope (of a mountain)
* snowflake
    Synonym: fiocco

#### Derived terms

* sfaldare

### References

* ↑ falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Further reading

* falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## 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)
* to hood

##### Descendants

* Danish: folde

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “falda2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

falda
* to hood (= falda (etymology 1))
* to fold, make folds

##### Related terms

* faldr
* -faldr

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “falda1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold.

### Verb

falda
* to hood

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

See fralda.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.dɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.dɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.dɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.da/ [ˈfaʊ̯.da]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfal.dɐ/ [ˈfaɫ.dɐ]
* Hyphenation: fal‧da

### Noun

falda f (plural faldas)
* foot, lower slope (of a mountain)
* border, edge

#### Related terms

* fralda

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (“to fold”), related to Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold, all from Proto-West Germanic *falþan. Doublet of halda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalda/ [ˈfal̪.d̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -alda
* Syllabification: fal‧da

### Noun

falda f (plural faldas)
* skirt
    Synonym: (South America) pollera
* (by extension, colloquial, often in the plural, metonymically) woman
* (slang) bit of skirt (woman as an object of desire)
* (butchery) brisket (a cut of meat)
* mountainside

#### Derived terms

* cosido a sus faldas
* falda de tubo
* falda de vuelo
* falda escocesa
* falda lápiz
* faldero
* faldón
* lío de faldas
* minifalda

#### Related terms

* enagua
* nagua
* saya

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: palda
* → Tagalog: palda

### Further reading

* “falda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* falda on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$