Czech

Noun

bál m

1. ball (formal dance)

Synonyms

• ples

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål ‎(“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål ‎(“pyre, bonfire”)) from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Proto-Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल ‎(bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός ‎(phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ ‎(bal, “fog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɑːl/

  Rhymes: -ɔɑːl

Noun

bál n (genitive singular báls, plural bál)

1. fire

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Ball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːl]

Noun

bál ‎(plural bálok)

1. ball (party)

Declension

Derived terms

• álarcosbál
• bálterem

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bál (whence the Danish bål ‎(“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål ‎(“pyre, bonfire”)) from Germanic *bālo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with the Old English bæl. Proto-Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल ‎(bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός ‎(phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ ‎(bal, “fog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Noun

bál n ‎(genitive singular báls, nominative plural bál)

1. a fire, a bonfire
2. a conflagration, a blaze

Declension

Derived terms

• bálför

Synonyms

• (conflagration): eldsvoði, stórbruni

Anagrams

• blá

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Proto-Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल ‎(bhāla, “splendour”), Old English bæl, Ancient Greek φαλός ‎(phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ ‎(bal, “fog”).

Noun

bál n (genitive báls, plural bál)

1. fire

Descendants

• Danish: bål ‎(“pyre, bonfire”)
• Faroese: bál n
• Icelandic: bál ‎(“a fire”)
• Swedish: bål ‎(“pyre, bonfire”)
• Norwegian: bål ‎(“pyre, fire, bonfire”)