German

Noun

Balle

1. dative singular of Ball

Dutch

Verb

balle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of ballen

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Etymology 1

From Middle French balle from Northern Italian balla ‎(“ball”), from Lombardic *palla, *balla ‎(“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *ballô ‎(“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- ‎(“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‎(“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal ‎(“ball”) (German Ballen ‎(“bale”); Ball ‎(“ball”)). More at ball.

Noun

balle f ‎(plural balles)

1. (small) ball

   Balle de golf - Golf ball

   Balle de tennis - Tennis ball

2. bullet
3. (colloquial) franc (French franc), euro

See also

• ballon (larger ball)
• boule, boulette
• pare-balles

Etymology 2

From Middle French balle ‎(“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale ‎(“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”), from Frankish *balla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô ‎(“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- ‎(“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ‎(“to swell, inflate, blow”). Akin to Old High German balo "pack, bale", balla ‎(“ball”), Middle High German bal, balle ‎(“clench, bale, ball”) (German Ballen ‎(“bale”)). More at bale.

Noun

balle f ‎(plural balles)

1. bundle of goods, packet tied and held together with string

Alternate forms

• bale

Etymology

From Gaulish *balu.

Noun

balle f ‎(uncountable)

1. chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alə

Verb

balle

1. First-person singular present of ballen.
2. Imperative singular of ballen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of ballen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of ballen.

Italian

Noun

balle f

1. plural of balla

Anagrams

• bella

Latvian

Balle

Noun

balle f (5th declension)

1. ball (old-fashioned spacious, luxurious dancing party)

   balles tērps‎ ― ball dress, clothes

   zaļumu balle‎ ― open-air ball, dancing party

   masku balle‎ ― masquerade (lit. mask ball)

2. (colloquial) a small party, with food and drinks

   vakar pēc sapulces ceplī bijusi īsta balle‎ ― yesterday after the meeting in the kiln there was a real ball

Declension

Derived terms

• zaļumballe, zaļumu balle

Limburgish

Noun

balle n

1. playing with a ball

Verb

balle

1. to play with a ball

Conjugation

Middle French

Etymology 1

See French balle.

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. ball (spherical object used in games)
   1. small metal ball used as artillery

Coordinate terms

• boulet

Etymology 2

See French balle.

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. bundle

Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

balle f ‎(plural balles)

1. (Jersey) ball
2. (Jersey) bullet

Derived terms

• balle-à-leunettes ‎(“jack o'lantern”)
• balle dé l'yi ‎(“eyeball”)

Northern Sami

Verb

balle

1. inflection of ballat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbale/

Adjective

balle

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of ball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaˌle/

Noun

balle c

1. (colloquial) ****; shlong
2. (colloquial) testicle, usually in the plural
3. (colloquial, southern Sweden) buttock

Declension