baile

See also: bailé

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese baile (“dance”).

Noun

baile (uncountable)

1. (usually "baile funk") A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
   • 2006 August 25, Jessica Hopper, “Stick This in Your iTunes”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The irreverent banger "Hey You" repos Balkan brass and sets it to pure Chicago juke step, which bleeds into a colossal baile beat and, for good measure, some trashy Eurotrance.

   • 2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     He has been borrowing from Brazilian baile funk for years, and the first release on his new record label, Mad Descent, is by the Brazilian group Bonde do Role.

See also

• Baile funk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See bail.

Noun

baile (plural bailes)

1. Archaic spelling of bail.

Anagrams

• Albie

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Aragonese

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

1. bail

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) baile

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bailar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar

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Galician

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance

Verb

baile

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bailar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠalʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish baile (“place; settlement; farm, farmstead; (fortified) village, town, city”).

Noun

baile m (genitive singular baile, nominative plural bailte)

1. home
2. settlement

Declension

Declension of baile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative baile bailte Vocative a bhaile a bhailte Genitive baile bailte Dative baile bailte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an baile na bailte Genitive an bhaile na mbailte Dative leis an mbaile don bhaile leis na bailte

• Alternative plural: bailteacha (Cois Fharraige), bailtí, bailtíocha

Derived terms

• abhaile (“home(ward)”)
• ardbhaile (“chief town, centre”)
• Baile Átha Cliath (“Dublin”)
• baile bardais (“municipality”)
• baile beag (“small town, village”)
• baile contae (“county town”)
• baile margaidh (“market town”)
• baile mór (“(large) town, city”)
• bailedhreach (“townscape”)
• braighdeanas baile (“house arrest”)
• bruachbhaile (“suburb”)
• ceannbhaile (“chief town”)
• daonbhaile (“folk village”)
• fo-bhaile (“suburb”)
• gráigbhaile (“village”)
• leathanach baile (“home page”)
• príomhbhaile (“chief town”)
• sa bhaile, sa mbaile (“at home”)
• sráidbhaile (“village”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

baile f sg

1. genitive singular of bail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baile	bhaile	mbaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “baile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “baile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Latvian

Noun

baile f

1. (archaic) (deprecated template usage) nominative singular form of bailes

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalʲe/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baile m (nominative plural bailti)

1. place, homestead, town, city

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• bailech

Descendants

• Irish: baile
• Manx: balley
• Scottish Gaelic: baile

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baile m or f

1. vision
2. supernaturally induced frenzy or madness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: buile

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
baile	baile pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Portuguese

baile

Etymology

From Late Latin ballō, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.lɯ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.li]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbaj.le]
• Hyphenation: bai‧le

Noun

baile m (plural s)

1. ball (formal dance)
2. (Brazil) any dancing event (not necessarily formal)

   Synonyms: bailarico, baileco, balada, festa

Related terms

• bailada
• bailadeira
• bailado
• bailador
• bailar
• bailarino
• balé

 

Descendants

• → English: baile

Verb

baile

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palɪ/

Noun

baile m (genitive singular baile, plural bailtean)

1. village, town, city

Derived terms

• baile beag (“town, village”)
• baile mòr (“town, city”)
• dealbhadh-bhailtean (“town planning”)
• prìomh-bhaile (“capital city”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
baile	bhaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “baile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Spanish

Etymology

From bailar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaile/ [ˈbai̯.le]

Noun

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance (a sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music)

   Synonym: danza

2. dance (a social gathering where dancing is the main activity)
3. ball (a formal dance)
4. dance (the art, profession, and study of dancing)

Derived terms

• baile de salón
• baile del caño
• baile del tubo
• baile en barra
• baile en tubo
• pista de baile
• salón de baile

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bayle

Verb

baile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bailar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bailar.

Further reading

• “baile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014