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bale
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be??l/, [?be??(?)?], [be???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: bail
Etymology 1
From Middle English bale (“evil”), from Old English bealo, from Proto-Germanic *balw?. Cognate with Low German bal- (“bad, ill”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (balweins, “torture”), Old High German balo (“destruction”), Old Norse b?l (“disaster”).
Noun
bale (uncountable)
- Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- Suffering, woe, torment.
Derived terms
- baleful
Etymology 2
From Middle English bale (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Old English b?l (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *b?l? (“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).
Noun
bale (plural bales)
- (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
- (archaic) A funeral pyre.
- (archaic) A beacon-fire.
Derived terms
- balefire
Etymology 3
From Middle English bale (“bale”), from Old French bale and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of ball.
Noun
bale (plural bales)
- 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.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
- A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
- A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
- A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
Coordinate terms
- (measurement of paper): bundle, quire, ream
Derived terms
- bale of dice
Translations
Further reading
- Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)
- (transitive) To wrap into a bale.
Translations
Etymology 4
Alternative spelling of bail.
Verb
bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)
- (Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Translations
Further reading
- Bale in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- -able, Abel, Able, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, beal, blea
Buginese
Noun
bale
- fish
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bale
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of balen
Anagrams
- Abel
French
Alternative forms
- balle
Etymology
From Gaulish *balu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bal/
Noun
bale f (uncountable)
- chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French balai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.le/
Noun
bale
- broom
Verb
bale
- to sweep
Javanese
Noun
bale
- Dated spelling of balé.
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.
Noun
balé
- house
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bealo, from Proto-Germanic *balw?.
Alternative forms
- balu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?l(?)/
Noun
bale (plural bales)
- An evil or wrong act; a bad deed.
- Maliciousness, iniquity, damage.
- Devastation and doom; the causing of lifelessness.
- Woe or torment; hurting, agony.
Related terms
- baleful
- bale-siðe
Descendants
- English: bale (dated)
References
- “b?le, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Adjective
bale
- decisive, ruinous, vicious
- tormentuous, painful, hurtful
References
- “b?le, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Etymology 2
Either from Old English b?l, Old Norse bál, or a conflation of both; in any case, from Proto-Germanic *b?l?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?l/
Noun
bale
- Any large fire; a bonfire or pyre.
- A fire for inhumation; a funeral pyre.
- A fire for execution or killing.
Related terms
- bale-fyre
Descendants
- English: bale (archaic)
- Scots: bale
References
- “b?l(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Etymology 3
Probably from Old French bale, balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish or Old High German balla (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Alternative forms
- bala, ball
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?l(?)/
Noun
bale (plural bales)
- A bale (rounded bundle)
Descendants
- English: bale
References
- “b?le, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “bale”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
bale (present tense balar, past tense bala, past participle bala, passive infinitive balast, present participle balande, imperative bal)
- Alternative form of bala
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Homophones: Bali (Brazil), vale (Norte of Portugal)
- Hyphenation: ba?le
Verb
bale
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of balar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of balar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of balar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of balar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of balir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of balir
Romanian
Etymology
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 bal? through analogy.
Noun
bale f pl (plural only)
- slobber, drool, dribble, saliva
Declension
Synonyms
- saliv?
Derived terms
- b?los
Spanish
Verb
bale
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of balar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of balar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of balar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of balar.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bali
Etymology
From Spanish vale, second-person singular present indicative form of valer (“to be worth”), from Old Spanish valer, from Latin val?re, present active infinitive of vale? (“to be worth”), from Proto-Italic *wal??, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wl?h?éh?yeti, from *h?welh?- (“to rule, be strong”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bá?le
Noun
bále
- An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
Conjunction
bále
- so; Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
- so; Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
Interjection
bále
- Used before stating or enumerating the gist or summary of what is being discussed.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response or when one cannot start to speak.
Adjective
bále
- with value or importance
Derived terms
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballet.
Noun
bale (definite accusative baleyi, plural baleler)
- ballet
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bace
English
Etymology 1
From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.
Noun
bace (plural baces)
- (rare) A blow; a drubbing.
Etymology 2
Noun
bace (plural baces)
- Obsolete form of base.
Adjective
bace (comparative more bace, superlative most bace)
- Obsolete form of base.
Verb
bace (third-person singular simple present baces, present participle bacing, simple past and past participle baced)
- Obsolete form of base.
Anagrams
- ABEC, Cabe
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.
Alternative forms
- base, bars, bærs
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bars/, /bas/, /ba?s/
Noun
bace
- bass (fish)
Descendants
- English: bass, barse
References
- “b?s, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.
Etymology 2
Adjective
bace
- Alternative form of bas
Etymology 3
Noun
bace
- Alternative form of base
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba.t?s?/
Noun
bace f
- dative/locative singular of baka
Romanian
Noun
bace f pl
- plural of bac?
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