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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.
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.
In math terms, gram means a unit of measurement. This is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.