balé

See also: bale, bále, Bale, Bâle, balë, ba-lê, and Ba Lê

Cemuhî

Etymology

Borrowed from French balai.

Noun

balé

1. broom

Synonyms

• bé-taulimwa

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN
• Jean Claude Rivierre, Dictionnaire cèmuhî-français (1994)

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Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦭꦺ
Roman	balé

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

balé

1. pavilion
2. hall

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Piedmontese

Verb

balé

1. to dance

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

balé m (plural s)

1. ballet (classical form of dance)

Related terms

• baile

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Spanish

Verb

balé

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of balar.