balai

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

Noun

balai

1. the godmother of one's child
2. the mother of one's godchild

Etymology

From French balai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalai/

Verb

balai (present balaas, past balais, future balaos, conditional balaus, volitive balau)

1. to sweep

Conjugation

Conjugation of balai present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense balaas balais balaos active participle balaanta balaantaj balainta balaintaj balaonta balaontaj acc. balaantan balaantajn balaintan balaintajn balaontan balaontajn passive participle balaata balaataj balaita balaitaj balaota balaotaj acc. balaatan balaatajn balaitan balaitajn balaotan balaotajn nominal active participle balaanto balaantoj balainto balaintoj balaonto balaontoj acc. balaanton balaantojn balainton balaintojn balaonton balaontojn nominal passive participle balaato balaatoj balaito balaitoj balaoto balaotoj acc. balaaton balaatojn balaiton balaitojn balaoton balaotojn adverbial active participle balaante balainte balaonte adverbial passive participle balaate balaite balaote infinitive balai imperative balau conditional balaus

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Etymology

From Old French balain (“bundle of broom”), from Old Breton balan or Gaulish *balano-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛ/

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Noun

balai m (plural balais)

1. broom
2. broomstick flown by witches
3. (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night)
4. tail (of a bird of prey)
5. brush (electrical contact)
6. blade (of windscreen wiper)
7. (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)

   Elle a quarante balais ― She’s forty

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

balai

1. a public hall or building
2. an office or bureau
3. a house of parliament

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balai̯/
• Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

Noun

balai (Jawi spelling بلاي‎, plural balai-balai)

1. hall, large building, or station for public uses
2. (possibly obsolete) house

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalaj/

Verb

balai

1. third-person singular past indicative of ballat

Verb

balai

1. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of balar