balsa

See also balsą

English

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish barco.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɒl.sə/, /ˈbɑl.sə/, SAMPA: /"bQl.s@/, /"bAl.s@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɑlsə/, SAMPA: /"bAls@/

Noun

balsa (countable and uncountable; plural balsas)

1. A large tree, Ochroma lagopus, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
3. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Translations

a tree

Bulgarian: балсово дърво (bg) Finnish: balsa (fi)

Hebrew: עץ (he) (ets)

wood

Bulgarian: балсово дърво  (bg) Finnish: balsa (fi)

Hebrew: עץ (he) (ets)

a raft or float

Bulgarian: лек сал (bg)

Hebrew: רפסודה (he) (rafsoda)

Anagrams

• albas
• baals
• balas
• basal
• sabal

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Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa

1. balsa

Declension

Declension of balsa (type kala) singular plural nominative balsa balsat genitive balsan balsojen balsain1 partitive balsaa balsoja accusative balsa balsan balsat inessive balsassa balsoissa elative balsasta balsoista illative balsaan balsoihin adessive balsalla balsoilla ablative balsalta balsoilta allative balsalle balsoille essive balsana balsoina translative balsaksi balsoiksi instructive – balsoin abessive balsatta balsoitta comitative – balsoineen 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• balsapuu

Anagrams

• slaba

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Spanish

Noun

balsa f. (plural balsas)

1. balsa (tree)
2. ferry
3. raft

Related terms

• balsero