balle

See also: Balle, ballé, ballē, ballë, and Bälle

Afrikaans

Noun

balle

1. plural of bal

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Dutch

Verb

balle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of ballen

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla.

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. (small) ball

   balle de golf

   golf ball

   balle de tennis

   tennis ball

2. bullet
3. (colloquial) franc (French franc), euro

Derived terms

• à deux balles
• à fond de balle
• balle de break
• balle de match
• balle de plastique
• balle de set
• balle rapide
• se tirer une balle
• trou de balle

 

See also

• ballon (larger ball)
• boule, boulette
• pare-balles

Etymology 2

From Middle French balle (“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale (“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”) and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of English ball.

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. bundle of goods, packet tied and held together with string

Etymology 3

From Gaulish *balu.

Alternative forms

• bale

Noun

balle f (uncountable)

1. chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

• label

Further reading

• “balle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alə

Verb

balle

1. inflection of ballen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

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Italian

Noun

balle f

1. plural of balla

Anagrams

• bella

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Latvian

Balle

Etymology

From French bal (“a dance”)

Noun

balle f (5th declension)

1. ball (old-fashioned spacious, luxurious dancing party)

   balles tērps ― ball dress, clothes

   zaļumu balle ― open-air ball, dancing party

   masku balle ― masquerade (lit. mask ball)

2. (colloquial) a small party, with food and drinks

   vakar pēc sapulces ceplī bijusi īsta balle ― yesterday after the meeting in the kiln there was a real ball

Declension

Declension of balle (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	balle	balles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	balli	balles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	balles	baļļu
dative (datīvs)	ballei	ballēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	balli	ballēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ballē	ballēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	balle	balles

Derived terms

• zaļumballe, zaļumu balle

Noun

balle f (5th declension)

1. point (on a scale), grade, level

   atzīmes 10-ballu skalā ― marks on a 10-point scale

Declension

Declension of balle (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	balle	balles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	balli	balles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	balles	ballu
dative (datīvs)	ballei	ballēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	balli	ballēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ballē	ballēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	balle	balles

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Limburgish

Verb

balle

1. to play with a ball

Conjugation

Montfortian conjugation of balle (first conjugation)

non-finite forms	infinitive	gerund	present participle	past participle	adjective	adverb
	(tö) balle	't balle n	ballendj	höbbe gebal	gebaldje, gebaldjer, gebaldjes	gebaldj, gebaldjelik
number & tense	verb-second			verb-first
	present	past	subjunctive	present	past	subjunctive
first person singular	bal	baldje	balle	bal	baldje-n	balle-n
second person singular	bals	baldjes	balle	bals	baldjes	baller
third person singular	baltj	baldje	balle	baltj'r	baldje	baller
first person plural	balle	baldje	balle	baltj	baldje	balle
second person plural	baltj	baldje	balle	baltj	baldje	balletj
third person plural	balle	baldje	balle	balle	baldje	baller
other forms	noun	imperative singular impolite	imperative singular polite	imperative dual	imperative plural	inclusive
	't gebal n	bal!	baltj!	baltj, balletj!	baltj!	ballem

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Middle English

Noun

balle

1. Alternative form of bal

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From northern Italian balla (“ball”).

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. ball (spherical object used in games)
   1. small metal ball used as artillery

Descendants

• French: balle
  • → Portuguese: bala
    • → Shona: bala

Coordinate terms

• boulet

Etymology 2

From Old French balle, from Frankish *balla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”).

Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. bundle

Descendants

• French: balle

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Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

balle f (plural balles)

1. (Jersey) ball
2. (Jersey) bullet

Derived terms

• balle-à-leunettes (“jack o'lantern”)
• balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”)

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalle/

Verb

balle

1. inflection of ballat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaˌlɛ/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

balle

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of ball.

Etymology 2

Akin to Danish balde (“buttock”).

Noun

balle c (colloquial)

1. penis; shlong
2. (usually in the plural) testicle
3. (Southern) buttock
4. (humorous) balcony

Declension

Declension of balle
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	balle	ballen	ballar	ballarna
Genitive	balles	ballens	ballars	ballarnas