pal

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See also: Pal, PAL, Pál, pał, pâl, päl, Pål, and päl-

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of brother and frater.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pal (plural pals)

  1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
    Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.
  2. (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
    Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.

Synonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Angloromani[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognate with English brother.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰæl], [pʰæɫ]

Noun[edit]

pal

  1. brother
    Sa see pal te pen?
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  2. friend
    Every time I tried to make a pal...
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: pal

References[edit]

  • “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.
  • “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction[edit]

pal m

  1. for the

Cahuilla[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun[edit]

pál

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Katherine Siva Sauvel; Pamela Munro (1983) Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla)

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal m (plural pals)

  1. stake
  2. pole
  3. (heraldry) pale
  4. (colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    és un pal ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Cupeño[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl.

Noun[edit]

pál

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

pal!

  1. fire! (a signal to shoot)

Verb[edit]

pal

  1. second-person singular imperative of pálit

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)

  1. catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)

Adverb[edit]

pal

  1. firm, firmly
  2. (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal m (plural pals)

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

References[edit]

Garo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Postposition[edit]

pal

  1. (follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpal]
  • Hyphenation: pal

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch paal (“pole”), from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, from Latin pālus. See Dutch mijlpaal (“milestone”).

Noun[edit]

pal (plural, first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

  1. milestone, one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal (plural, first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of faal.

Further reading[edit]

Interlingue[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal (plural pales)

  1. pole, stake

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

pal

  1. second-person singular imperative of paliś

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal ?

  1. side

Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal m (plural pals)

  1. post, pole, stake
  2. (nautical) mast

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”), possibly through a late Proto-Germanic intermediate. Compare Old High German pfāl (German Pfahl), Old Dutch pāl (Dutch paal).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pāl m

  1. stake

Declension[edit]

Declension of pal (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative pāl pālas
accusative pāl pālas
genitive pāles pāla
dative pāle pālum

Descendants[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from either Old Dutch pāl or Old High German pāl, from Proto-West Germanic *pālaz, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognate to Old English pāl. Doublet of pēl.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pāl f

  1. pole

References[edit]

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Pipil[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Relational[edit]

-pal

  1. of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)
    Ne pelu ipal ne takat
    The dog of the man → The man's dog.
    Ashan ini kal mupal
    Now this house is yours
  2. for (benefactive relation)
    Tikpiat se mupal wan se nupal
    We have one for you and one for me

Declension[edit]

Declension of -pal
Person Number
singular plural
first nupal tupal
second mupal anmupal
third ipal inpal

Usage notes[edit]

  • The relational noun -pal is part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, thus acting like a preposition:
    Ne pelu pal ne takat
    The dog of the man → The man's dog.

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin pālus (“stake”).

Noun[edit]

pal m inan

  1. stake (piece of wood)
  2. pile (for the support of a building)
Declension[edit]
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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

pal

  1. second-person singular imperative of palić

Further reading[edit]

  • pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Contraction[edit]

pal

  1. (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)

Related terms[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pal (nominative plural pals)

  1. parent, father or mother
  2. Hyponyms: fat, hipal, jipal, mot

Declension[edit]

declension of pal
singular plural
nominative pal pals
genitive pala palas
dative pale pales
accusative pali palis
vocative 1 o pal! o pals!
predicative 2 palu palus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

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