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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bôl, IPA^(key): /b??l/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: bawl

Etymology 1

From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse b?llr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?oln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.

Noun

ball (countable and uncountable, plural balls)

1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
   1. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

   2. (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
      1. A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
      2. (uncountable, obsolete) Such bullets collectively.
         • 1659, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, England’s Confusion, London, p. 7,^[1]

           […] the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball […]

         • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: W. Taylor, p. 294,^[2]

           I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it, and about eight Charges of Powder and Ball, charging them to be very good Husbands of both, and not to use either of them but upon urgent Occasion.

         • 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 148,^[3]

           […] some headstrong Maroons were using a soldier of Captain Craskell’s ill, and compelling him to write to his commander, that it was too late to do any thing good, and that they wanted nothing, having got plenty of powder and ball […]
   3. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

   4. (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
   5. The globe; the earthly sphere.
      • c. 1712', Joseph Addison, Ode to the Creator of the World

        What, though in solemn Silence, all
        Move round the dark terrestrial Ball!

      • 1717, Alexander Pope, "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady"

        Thus, if eternal Justice rules the ball, / Thus shall your wives, and thus your children fall;

   6. (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.
   7. (mathematics, more generally) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.
   8. An object, generally spherical, used for playing games in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, etc.
2. (sports) A round or ellipsoidal object.
   1. Any sport or game involving a ball.

   3. (baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
   4. (pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

   5. (cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
   6. (soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
3. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
   1. (in the plural) Nonsense.

   2. (in the plural) Courage.

4. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
5. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
   • 1842, James White, A compendium of the veterinary art

     The laxative alterative has not this advantage, the aloes, of which it is composed, being extremely bitter, and therefore requiring to be given in the form of a ball.

Synonyms

• sphere
• globe
• (testicle): See Thesaurus:testicle
• (nonsense): See Thesaurus:nonsense
• (courage): chutzpah, guts, nerve

Derived terms

(solid or hollow sphere):

(testicle):

Translations

Verb

ball (third-person singular simple present balls, present participle balling, simple past and past participle balled)

1. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.

   Synonyms: roll up, wad

2. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with
4. (transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

5. (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
6. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
7. (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain
   • 1865, Camp Sumpter, Andersonville National Historic Site, Rules and Regulations of the Prison

     any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day.

Translations

Interjection

ball

1. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ball?.

Noun

ball (plural balls)

1. A formal dance.
2. (informal) A very enjoyable time.

   Synonyms: blast, whale of a time

3. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ballad
• ballade

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From French bal (“a dance”)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ba?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

ball m (plural balls)

1. dance
2. ball, formal dance

Synonyms

• dansa

Derived terms

• ball de bastons

Related terms

• ballar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French balle (“ball”).

Noun

ball

1. estimation, score

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[5], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From French bal (“a dance”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal?/
• Rhymes: -al?

Noun

ball n (genitive singular balls, nominative plural böll)

1. dance

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Greek ?????? (phallós, “penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /b??ul??/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /b???l??/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /b?al??/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /b?al??/

Noun

ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill)

1. (anatomy) organ
2. component part
3. member
4. article
5. spot, place
6. spot, mark
7. (sets) element, member

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "ball" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *beall.

Noun

ball

1. Alternative form of bal

Etymology 2

Probably from Old French bale.

Noun

ball

1. Alternative form of bale (“bale”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?llr.

Noun

ball m (definite singular ballen, indefinite plural baller, definite plural ballene)

1. ball (solid or hollow sphere)
2. ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bal.

Noun

ball n (definite singular ballet, indefinite plural ball or baller, definite plural balla or ballene)

1. ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)

Derived terms

• ballkjole
• ballsal

References

• “ball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse b?llr.

Noun

ball m (definite singular ballen, indefinite plural ballar, definite plural ballane)

1. a ball (solid or hollow sphere)
2. a ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bal.

Noun

ball n (definite singular ballet, indefinite plural ball, definite plural balla)

1. ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)

Derived terms

• ballkjole
• ballsal

References

• “ball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ballos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal?/

Noun

ball m

1. a body part
2. member of a group
3. part, portion
4. a colored spot

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: ball
• Scottish Gaelic: ball

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ball m (“limb, member, organ; member of community; part, portion, piece; article, object; place, spot; passage (of a book); spot, mark, blemish”) (compare Irish ball), from Proto-Celtic *ballo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”) (compare English ball, Ancient Greek ?????? (phallós, “penis”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paul??/

Noun

ball m (genitive singular buill, plural buill)

1. ball
2. member (of a group)
3. article, item
4. (anatomy) organ; limb

Derived terms

• ball-coise (“football, soccer”)
• ball-basgaid (“basketball”)
• ball-beusa (“baseball”)
• ball-stèidhe (“baseball”)
• ball-bholaidh (“volleyball”)
• ball-goilf (“golf ball”)
• Ball Pàrlamaid, BP (“Member of Parliament, MP”)
• ballrachd (“membership”)
• BPA

Mutation

References

• “ball” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bal?/

Adjective

ball

1. (slang) cool, hip, fun, entertaining

   Synonym: cool

Declension

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin algebr?ica, from Arabic word ????????? (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work ????????? ???????????? ??? ?????? ???????? ??????????????? (al-kit?b al-mu?ta?ar f? ?is?b al-jabr wa-l-muq?bala, “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æl.d??.b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl.d??.b??/, /?æl.d??.b??/

Noun

algebra (countable and uncountable, plural algebras)

1. (uncountable, mathematics) A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.
2. (uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
3. (uncountable, mathematics) The study of algebraic structures.
4. (countable, mathematics) A universal algebra.
5. (countable, algebra) An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.

   Synonyms: algebra over a field, algebra over a ring
6. (countable, set theory, mathematical analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).

   Synonyms: field of sets, algebra of sets

   Hypernym: ring

   Hyponym: ?-algebra

7. (countable, mathematics) One of several other types of mathematical structure.
8. (figuratively) A system or process, that is like algebra by substituting one thing for another, or in using signs, symbols, etc., to represent concepts or ideas.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Labarge

Czech

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”); see also the English algebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?al??bra]

Noun

algebra f

1. algebra

Declension

Derived terms

• Booleova algebra
• booleovská algebra

Related terms

• algebraický

Further reading

• algebra in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• algebra in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr).

Noun

algebra c (singular definite algebraen, not used in plural form)

1. (mathematics) algebra (using symbols)
2. (mathematics) algebra (study of algebraical structures)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch algebra, from Latin algebra, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.???bra?/
• Hyphenation: al?ge?bra

Noun

algebra f (uncountable)

1. (mathematics) algebra

   Synonyms: stelkunde, stelkunst

Derived terms

• algebraïcus
• algebraïsch
• algebraïst
• lineaire algebra

Finnish

Noun

algebra

1. algebra

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin algebra, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l??br?]
• Hyphenation: al?geb?ra
• Rhymes: -r?

Noun

algebra

1. (mathematics) algebra (a system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols)
2. (education) algebra (the study of algebra as a school subject)

Declension

Derived terms

• algebrai

References

Further reading

• algebra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• algebra in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al.d??e.bra/
• Hyphenation: al?ge?bra

Noun

algebra f (plural algebre)

1. algebra

Related terms

• algebrico
• algebrista

Anagrams

• alberga

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?al.?e.bra/, [?ä????b?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?al.d??e.bra/, [??l??d???b??]

Noun

algebra f (genitive algebrae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) algebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• algebra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work ????????? ???????????? ??? ?????? ????????? ??????????????? (al-kit?b al-mu?ta?ar f? ?is?b al-jabr wa-l-muq?bala, “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [al??b?a]

Noun

algebra f (4th declension)

1. algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies generic numbers ('variables') regardless of their actual numeric value; the corresponding school subject

Declension

Derived terms

• algebrisks

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

1. (mathematics) algebra
2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

• algebraisk
• lineær algebra

References

• “algebra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

1. (mathematics) algebra
2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

• algebraisk
• lineær algebra

References

• “algebra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian, Spanish or mediaeval Latin, from Arabic ????????? (al-jabr) “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”, used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work ????????? ???????????? ??? ?????? ???????? ??????????????? (al-kit?b al-mu?ta?ar f? ?is?b al-jabr wa-l-muq?bala, “the compendious book on restoration and equating like with like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al???.bra/

Noun

algebra f

1. algebra

Declension

Derived terms

• algebraiczny
• algebraicznie
• algebraik

Further reading

• algebra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?e?bra/
• Hyphenation: al?ge?bra

Noun

àlg?bra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. algebra

Declension

Spanish

Noun

algebra

1. Misspelling of álgebra.

Swedish

Noun

algebra c

1. (mathematics) algebra

Declension

Related terms

• algebraisk
• relationsalgebra