pal

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See also pāl, PAL, Pál, and Pål

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[edit] English

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From Angloromani phal, from Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ).

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Singular
pal

Plural
pals

pal (plural pals)

  1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.

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Infinitive
to pal

Third person singular
pals

Simple past
palled

Past participle
palled

Present participle
palling

to pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)

  1. Be friends with, hang around with.
    John plans to pal around with Joe today.

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[edit] Asturian

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From a contraction of the preposition pa (for) + masculine singular article el (the).

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pal m.

  1. for the

[edit] Catalan

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Latin palus.

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pal

  1. stake
  2. pole

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pal

  1. firm, firmly

[edit] French

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Latin palus.

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pal

  1. stake
  2. pole

[edit] Korean

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pal ()

  1. arm

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  • pol () (dialectal, Arae-a: archaic)

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[edit] Kurdish

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pal

  1. side

[edit] Old English

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From Latin pālus.

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  • IPA: /pɑːl/

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pāl m.

  1. stake

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Singular Plural
nominative pāl pālas
accusative pāl pālas
genitive pāles pāla
dative pāle pālum

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[edit] Polish

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Latin palus.

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pal

  1. stake