pal

Etymology

Borrowed from Angloromani phal, from Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates also include English brother, Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrátēr), Latin frater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pal/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Noun

pal (plural pals)

1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.

Verb

pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)

1. Be friends with, hang around with.

   John plans to pal around with Joe today.

Anagrams

• ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pal m

1. for the

Noun

pál

1. water

References

• Katherine Siva Sauvel, ‎Pamela Munro, Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla) (1982)

Etymology

From Old Occitan pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole
3. (heraldry) pale

Etymology

Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl.

Noun

pál

1. water

References

• Jane H. Hill, A Grammar of Cupeño (2005)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al

Interjection

pal!

1. fire! (a signal to shoot)

Verb

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of pálit

Etymology

From Middle French pal, from Latin pālus. Cognate with paal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

1. catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)

Adverb

pal

1. firm, firmly
2. (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately

Anagrams

• lap

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole
3. (heraldry) pale

Further reading

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

Noun

pal (plural pales)

1. pole, stake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːl/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

pal ?

1. side

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pal]

Participle

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of paliś

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. post, pole, stake
2. (nautical) mast

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”), possibly through a late Proto-Germanic intermediate. Compare Old High German pfāl (German Pfahl), Old Dutch pāl (Dutch paal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːl/

Noun

pāl m

1. stake

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /pal/

Relational

-pal

1. of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)

   Ne pelu ipal ne takat

   The dog of the man → The man's dog.

   Ashan ini kal mupal

   Now this house is yours

2. for (benefactive relation)

   Tikpiat se mupal wan se nupal

   We have one for you and one for me

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pal m inan

1. stake (piece of wood)
2. pile (for the support of a building)

Verb

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of palić

Contraction

pal

1. (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pal]

Noun

pal (plural pals)

1. parent, father or mother