pal

See also Pal, PAL, Pál, Pål, and päl-

English

Etymology

From Angloromani phal, from Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates also include English brother, Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phratēr), Latin frater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pal/
• (US) IPA: /pæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Noun

pal (plural pals)

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:friend

Verb

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.

Related terms

• palsy-walsy

Anagrams

• alp, ALP
• APL
• lap
• LPA
• PLA

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

pal m

1. for the

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Cahuilla

Noun

pál

1. water

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pālus (“stake, pole”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology

From Middle French pal, from Latin pālus. Cognate with paal.

Noun

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje)

1. catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)

Adverb

pal

1. firm, firmly
2. (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately

Anagrams

• lap

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French

Etymology

From Latin pālus (“stake, pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pal/, X-SAMPA: /pal/

Noun

pal m

1. stake
2. pole

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Kurdish

Noun

pal gender unspecified

1. side

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Lojban

Rafsi

pal

1. rafsi of prali.

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑːl/

Noun

pāl m

1. stake

Declension

    Declension of pal

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

Descendants

• English: pole

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

pal m

1. stake (piece of wood)
2. pile (for the support of a building)

Declension

    declension of pal

	singular	plural
nominative	pal	pale
genitive	pala	pali
dative	palowi	palom
accusative	pal	pale
instrumental	palem	palami
locative	palu	palach
vocative	palu	pale

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Volapük

Noun

pal (plural pals)

1. parent

Declension

declension of pal

	singular	plural
nominative	pal	pals
genitive	pala	palas
dative	pale	pales
accusative	pali	palis
predicative	palu	palus
vocative	o pal!	o pals!

Derived terms

• lepal