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pellicule

/ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/ UK

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Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from Latin pellis (“a skin”) + Latin -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película.

noun pellicules

A thin diaphanous fabric.
The skin of an onion or other plant.

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@misc{pellicule_2026,
  title = {pellicule},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pellicule},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}