bal

Alternative forms

• balo

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) φαλός λευκός (falós lefkós)^[1].

Noun

bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)

1. dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

References

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

1. honey

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun

bal

1. honey, mead
2. ball, dance party

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl
• IPA^(key): /bɑl/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

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Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. dance party, ball

Further reading

• “bal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from English ball.

Noun

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)

1. ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒl]

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Adjective

bal (comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

1. left

Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl
  • Homophone: Bal

Adverb

bal

1. nearly, almost
2. soon

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal m

1. ball (round object), sphere
2. something worthless

Further reading

• “bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Alternative forms

• balle, ball

Etymology

From Old English *beall, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

bal (plural balles)

1. A ball (an object of spherical shape)
2. A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
3. A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
4. The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
5. A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
6. One's head (top part of one's body)
7. A projectile resembling a ball in form
8. (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
9. (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
10. (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bal]

Noun

bal m inan

1. ball (formal dance)

Further reading

• bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).

Noun

bal m (plural bal)

1. a single hair
2. (in the plural) hair

Etymology

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. ball (formal dance)

Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)

1. ball (dance)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa⁵⁵/

Noun

bal

1. fish

Noun

bal c

1. bale, bundle (big packet of things)
2. Formal gathering for dance, ball

References

• bal in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɫ/

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

1. honey

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

1. honey

Noun

bal

1. water

References

• Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

Numeral

bal

1. (cardinal) one