balle

== Afrikaans == === Noun === balle plural of bal == Dutch == === Verb === balle (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of ballen === Anagrams === label == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bal/ Rhymes: -al === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (Etymology 2). ==== Noun ==== balle f (plural balles) (small) ball bullet (colloquial) franc (French franc), euro ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: bala → Russian: балл (ball)→ Armenian: բալ (bal)→ Azerbaijani: bal→ Georgian: ბალი (bali) ==== See also ==== ballon (larger ball) boule, boulette pare-balles === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French balle (“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale (“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”) and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Cognate with English ball. Doublet of Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== balle f (plural balles) bundle of goods; packet tied and held together with string === Etymology 3 === From Gaulish *balu. ==== Alternative forms ==== bale ==== Noun ==== balle f (uncountable) chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed) === References === Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Further reading === “balle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === label == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -alə === Verb === balle inflection of ballen: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbal.le/ Rhymes: -alle Hyphenation: bàl‧le === Noun === balle f plural of balla === Anagrams === bella == Latvian == === Etymology === From French bal (“a dance”). === 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 ==== zaļumballe, zaļumu balle === Noun === balle f (5th declension) point (on a scale), grade, level atzīmes 10-ballu skalā ― marks on a 10-point scale ==== Declension ==== == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.lə/ Hyphenation: bal‧le Rhymes: -ɑlə === Etymology 1 === From bal +‎ -e. ==== Verb ==== balle (intransitive) to play with a ball ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== balle inflection of bal: (some dialects, mainly West Limburgish) nominative plural (archaic) accusative singular == Middle English == === Noun === balle alternative form of bal == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === From northern Italian balla (“ball”). ==== Noun ==== balle f (plural balles) ball (spherical object used in games) small metal ball used as artillery ===== Coordinate terms ===== boulet ===== Descendants ===== French: balle → Portuguese: bala → Shona: bala === Etymology 2 === From Old French balle, from Frankish *balla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). ==== Noun ==== balle f (plural balles) bundle ===== Descendants ===== French: balle == Moore == === Etymology === from French balle === Noun === balle ball (object) == Norman == === Etymology === Of Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === === Noun === balle f (plural balles) (Jersey) ball (Jersey) bullet ==== Derived terms ==== balle-à-leunettes (“jack o'lantern”) balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”) == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalle/ === Verb === balle inflection of ballat: first-person dual present indicative third-person plural past indicative == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaˌlɛ/ === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== balle definite natural masculine singular of ball === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Doublet of boll and bulle. Compare Old English bealluc, English bollock, Danish balde (“buttock”). First attested in 1520. ==== Noun ==== balle c (colloquial) (colloquial, vulgar) a schlong, cock ((larger) penis) (colloquial, usually in the plural) a testicle (Southern) a buttock ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== raggarballe med svängdörr suga balle (“suck cock”) vinballe (“whiskey dick”) ==== See also ==== kuk === Etymology 3 === Originally formed in its definitive form ballen as a humorous contraction of balkongen (“the balcony”), partly influenced by the sense ballen (“the penis; the scrotum”). ==== Noun ==== balle c (colloquial) (humorous) a balcony Synonym: balkong ===== Declension ===== === References === balle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) balle in Svensk ordbok (SO) balle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Fula Ordboken Slangopedia balder in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L