pal
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates also include English brother, Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrátēr), Latin frater.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pal (plural pals)
- (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:friend
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)
- 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]
Noun[edit]
pal
- brother
- Sa see pal te pen?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 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 Angloromani Dictionary.
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction[edit]
pal m
Cahuilla[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.
Noun[edit]
pál
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)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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
References[edit]
- Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
pal!
- fire! (a signal to shoot)
Verb[edit]
pal
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)
- catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)
Adverb[edit]
pal
- firm, firmly
- (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)
References[edit]
- “pal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingue[edit]
Noun[edit]
pal (plural pales)
Kurdish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pal ?
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
pal
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pal m (plural pals)
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
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Pipil[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Relational[edit]
-pal
- 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
- for (benefactive relation)
- Tikpiat se mupal wan se nupal
- We have one for you and one for me
Declension[edit]
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]
Borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”).
Noun[edit]
pal m inan
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
pal
Further reading[edit]
- pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Contraction[edit]
pal
- (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)
Related terms[edit]
Volapük[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pal (nominative plural pals)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- English terms borrowed from Angloromani
- English terms derived from Angloromani
- English terms derived from Romani
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English colloquialisms
- English verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- en:People
- Angloromani terms inherited from Romani
- Angloromani terms derived from Romani
- Angloromani terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Angloromani terms derived from Sanskrit
- Angloromani terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Angloromani terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Angloromani terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Angloromani terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Angloromani terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Angloromani terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Angloromani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Angloromani lemmas
- Angloromani nouns
- Angloromani terms with usage examples
- rme:Male family members
- rme:People
- Asturian non-lemma forms
- Asturian contractions
- Cahuilla terms inherited from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Cahuilla terms derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Cahuilla lemmas
- Cahuilla nouns
- chl:Water
- Catalan terms inherited from Old Occitan
- Catalan terms derived from Old Occitan
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan 1-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- ca:Heraldry
- ca:Ship parts
- Cupeño terms inherited from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Cupeño terms derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Cupeño lemmas
- Cupeño nouns
- cup:Water
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech interjections
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech verb forms
- Czech imperatives
- Dutch terms derived from Middle French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
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- Dutch adverbs
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French doublets
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Heraldic charges
- Interlingue lemmas
- Interlingue nouns
- Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kurdish lemmas
- Kurdish nouns
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian verb forms
- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
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- oc:Nautical
- Old English terms borrowed from Latin
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- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old English nouns
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- Pipil terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Pipil terms with usage examples
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Volapük nouns
- vo:Parents
