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baile

baile

See also: bailé

English

Noun

baile (uncountable)

  1. (usually "baile funk") A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
    • 2006 August 25, Jessica Hopper, “Stick This in Your iTunes”, in Chicago Reader:
      The irreverent banger "Hey You" repos Balkan brass and sets it to pure Chicago juke step, which bleeds into a colossal baile beat and, for good measure, some trashy Eurotrance.
    • 2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
      He has been borrowing from Brazilian baile funk for years, and the first release on his new record label, Mad Descent, is by the Brazilian group Bonde do Role.

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Asturian

Verb

baile

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bailar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar

Galician

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

  1. dance

Verb

baile

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bailar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠalʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish baile (place; settlement; farm, farmstead; (fortified) village, town, city).

Noun

baile m (genitive singular baile, nominative plural bailte)

  1. home
  2. settlement
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

baile f

  1. genitive singular of bail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baile bhaile mbaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "baile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 baile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latvian

Noun

baile f

  1. (archaic form) nominative singular form of bailes

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalʲe/

Etymology 1

Noun

baile m (nominative plural bailti)

  1. place, homestead, town, city
Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • bailech
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

baile m, f

  1. vision
  2. supernaturally induced frenzy or madness
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
baile baile
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 baile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 baile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

baile

Etymology

From Late Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, throw).

Pronunciation

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

  1. ball (formal dance)
  2. (Brazil) any dancing event (not necessarily formal)

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

baile

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of bailar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of bailar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of bailar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of bailar
  5. (Brazil) Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of bailar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b̊alɪ], /palɪ/

Noun

baile m (genitive singular baile, plural bailtean)

  1. village, town, city

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 baile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

  1. dance

Verb

baile

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bailar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bailar.

Derived terms