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balai

balai

See also: bālai, bălai, and bălăi

Esperanto

Verb

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

  1. to sweep

Conjugation


French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.lɛ/

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

Derived terms


Indonesian

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

Malay

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)

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

Derived terms

Synonyms


Northern Sami

Verb

balai

  1. third-person singular past indicative of ballat

Portuguese

Verb

balai

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