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un taille-crayon (masculine noun, plural: des taille-crayons) is a pencil sharpener in French.
"La taille" in English translates to "the size" or "the waist" depending on the context.
In English, it means medium-sized.
The word "taille" has multiple meanings depending on the context. In French, it primarily means "size" or "height," often used in relation to clothing or body measurements. Historically, it also refers to a direct tax imposed on the peasantry in France during the ancien régime. In a broader sense, "taille" can denote the act of cutting or shaping something.
If you mean 'taille' it means 'size'
an orange pencil sharpener
It is a French word. Tricky because it has many meanings. You can say 'Il est de taille' meaning colloquially 'he's a big fellow.'
The prefix "per" means "for each" or "in relation to" when used in terms of measurement and quantity. It indicates a rate or ratio of one unit to another.
une taille can mean several things - a size or a cut(of clothes), your waist(line), a clearing in a wood made by cutting down trees (from the verb - tailler - which also gives you the word - tailleur - a tailor).
Isn't it "taille moyenne"? - which means medium height...
"Wz" typically stands for "weight ounce" in terms of food measurement. It is a unit of measurement used to quantify the weight of an ingredient or food item. One weight ounce is equivalent to approximately 28.35 grams.
It is a non-absolute linear scale for the measurement of temperature or thermal activity.