bale

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪl
  • Homophone: bail

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bale (evil), from Old English bealu, from Proto-West Germanic *balu, from Proto-Germanic *balwą.

Cognate with Low German bal- (bad, ill), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, torture), Old High German balo (destruction), Old Norse bǫl (disaster).

Noun[edit]

bale (uncountable)

  1. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
  2. Suffering, woe, torment.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English bale (pyre, funeral pyre), from Old English bǣl (pyre, funeral pyre), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (pyre), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to shine; gleam; sparkle). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

Noun[edit]

bale (plural bales)

  1. (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
  2. (archaic) A funeral pyre.
  3. (archaic) A beacon-fire.
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English bale (bale), from Old French bale and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of ball.

Round straw bales in Germany

Noun[edit]

bale (plural bales)

  1. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
      So having made up my mind, I packed up in bales a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea-trade and repaired with them from Baghdad-city to Bassorah-town, where I found ship ready for sea, and in her a company of considerable merchants.
  2. A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
    Hyponyms: haybale, strawbale
  3. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
  4. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
  5. A block of compressed cannabis.
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Verb[edit]

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

  1. (transitive) To wrap into a bale.
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Etymology 4[edit]

Alternative spelling of bail.

Verb[edit]

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

  1. (Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
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Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vale.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bale/ [ba.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le

Interjection[edit]

bale

  1. (Southern, colloquial) okay
    Synonym: ados

Further reading[edit]

  • "bale" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • bale” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Buginese[edit]

Noun[edit]

bale

  1. Alternative spelling of balé (fish)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bale

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of balen

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French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Gaulish *balu.

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Noun[edit]

bale f (uncountable)

  1. chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)

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Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French balai.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bale

  1. broom

Verb[edit]

bale

  1. to sweep

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bale

  1. Dated spelling of balé. Romanization of ꦧꦭꦺ

Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈle/, [bəˈlɛː]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le

Noun[edit]

balé

  1. house

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English bealu, from Proto-West Germanic *balu, from Proto-Germanic *balwą.

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Noun[edit]

bale (plural bales)

  1. An evil or wrong act; a bad deed.
  2. Maliciousness, iniquity, damage.
  3. Devastation and doom; the causing of lifelessness.
  4. Woe or torment; hurting, agony.
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Descendants[edit]
  • English: bale (dated)
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Adjective[edit]

bale

  1. decisive, ruinous, vicious
  2. tormentuous, painful, hurtful
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Etymology 2[edit]

Either from Old English bǣl, Old Norse bál, or a conflation of both; in any case, from Proto-Germanic *bēlą.

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Noun[edit]

bale

  1. Any large fire; a bonfire or pyre.
  2. A fire for inhumation; a funeral pyre.
  3. A fire for execution or killing.
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Etymology 3[edit]

Probably borrowed from Old French bale, balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish or Old High German balla (ball), from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

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Noun[edit]

bale (plural bales)

  1. A bale (rounded bundle)
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North Moluccan Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Malay باليق (balik). The noun sense is derived from how papeda is served by turning it around a pair of tongs; a serving is thus called a turn of papeda.

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Verb[edit]

bale

  1. (intransitive) to turn around
  2. (intransitive) to reverse

Noun[edit]

bale

  1. (of papeda, etc.) a portion, serving
    lima bale, bukang lima bokorfive portions, not five bowls

References[edit]

  • Betty Litamahuputty (2012) Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

bale (present tense balar, past tense bala, past participle bala, passive infinitive balast, present participle balande, imperative bale/bal)

  1. Alternative form of bala

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.le/
  • Rhymes: -le
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le

Noun[edit]

bale

  1. open building
  2. pavilion
  3. hall

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • "bale" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bale

  1. locative singular of bala (strength)

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

bale

  1. inflection of balar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of balir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *baba. Compare French bave, Italian bava, Spanish and Portuguese baba. The normal result, *ba, is not used as the singular has been replaced with bală through analogy.

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Noun[edit]

bale f pl (plural only)

  1. slobber, drool, dribble, saliva
    Synonym: salivă

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Saterland Frisian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps a corruption of Old Frisian *babbelia (to babble), whence also Saterland Frisian babbelje.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːlə/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le

Verb[edit]

bale

  1. (intransitive) to speak

Conjugation[edit]

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References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “bale”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

bale

  1. inflection of balar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish vale, third-person singular present indicative form of valer (to be worth), from Old Spanish valer. Compare Chavacano vale.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧le
  • IPA(key): /ˈbale/, [ˈba.lɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ale

Noun[edit]

bale (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) worth; value (usually used in the negative)
  2. promissory note; credit; IOU
  3. request of partial advanced payment

Adverb[edit]

bale (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question: so
  2. used before stating or enumerating the gist or summary of what is being discussed
  3. used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response or when one cannot start to speak

Adjective[edit]

bale (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) valuable; important
  2. bought on credit

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French ballet.

Noun[edit]

bale (definite accusative baleyi, plural baleler)

  1. ballet