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Balle
balle
balle
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)
- (small) ball
- Balle de golf - Golf ball
- Balle de tennis - Tennis ball
- bullet
- (colloquial) franc (French franc), euro
See also
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)
Alternate forms
Etymology
From Gaulish *balu.
Noun
balle f (uncountable)
- chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -alə
Verb
balle
- First-person singular present of ballen.
- Imperative singular of ballen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of ballen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of ballen.
Latvian
Noun
balle f (5th declension)
- 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)
- (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
Limburgish
Noun
balle n
- playing with a ball
Verb
balle
- to play with a ball
Conjugation
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
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(tö) balle | 't balle n | ballendj | höbbe gebal | gebaldje, gebaldjer, gebaldjes | gebaldj, gebaldjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second | verb-first | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | bal | baldje | balle | bal | baldje-n | balle-n |
second person singular | bals | baldjes | balle | bals | baldjes | baller |
third person singular | baltj | baldje | balle | baltj'r | baldje | baller |
first person plural | balle | baldje | balle | baltj | baldje | balle |
second person plural | baltj | baldje | balle | baltj | baldje | balletj |
third person plural | balle | baldje | balle | balle | baldje | baller |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gebal n | bal! | baltj! | baltj, balletj! | baltj! | ballem |
Middle French
Etymology 1
See French balle.
Noun
balle f (plural balles)
- ball (spherical object used in games)
- small metal ball used as artillery
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
See French balle.
Noun
balle f (plural balles)
Norman
Etymology
Of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
balle f (plural balles)
Derived terms
- balle-à-leunettes (“jack o'lantern”)
- balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”)
Northern Sami
Verb
balle
- inflection of ballat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbale/
Adjective
balle
- absolute definite natural masculine form of ball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaˌle/
Noun
balle c
- (colloquial) ****; shlong
- (colloquial) testicle, usually in the plural
- (colloquial, southern Sweden) buttock
Declension
Inflection of balle | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | balle | ballen | ballar | ballarna |
Genitive | balles | ballens | ballars | ballarnas |