pal

See also: Pal, PAL, Pál, Pål, pâl, 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 (phrátēr), Latin frater.

§Pronunciation

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

§Noun

pal (plural pals)

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

§Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:friend

§Derived terms

• galpal

§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: -al

§Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole

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§Cupeño

Compare Cahuilla pál, Luiseño páala, Hopi paahu

§Noun

pál

1. water

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§Dutch

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl

§Etymology

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

§Noun

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

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

Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal/

§Noun

pal m (plural pals)

1. stake
2. pole
3. (heraldry) pale

§External links

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

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§Kurdish

§Noun

pal ?

1. side

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§Lojban

§Rafsi

pal

1. rafsi of prali.

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§Lower Sorbian

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pal]

§Participle

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of paliś

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§Old English

§Etymology

From Latin pālus (“stake”).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

§Verb

pal

1. second-person singular imperative of palić

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§Volapük

§Noun

pal (plural pals)

1. parent (father or mother)

§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!

§Hyponyms

• hipal
• jipal

§Derived terms

• lepal
• palalöf
• palapär
• palef
• palik

§See also

• dalefat
• dalemot
• fat
• mot
• lefat
• lemot
• röletan