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English

Alternative forms

• baller

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).

Catalan

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of ballar
2. second-person singular imperative form of ballar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German valle, from Old High German falla, from fallan (“to fall”). Cognate with German Falle.

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Sette Comuni) trap

Declension

References

• “balla” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Faroese

Etymology

Related to sense 3 of English bale (“to wrap into a bale”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Conjugation

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Icelandic

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal?lá
• IPA^(key): /bal?la/, [b?l?la]

Noun

ballá

1. frenzy
2. (medicine) rabies
3. white fish

Derived terms

• agballa

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wall? (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?al???/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. wall

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "balla" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

• From Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish *ball.
• From Lombardic *palla, *balla.

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla.

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

1. large bundle, torsello, bale, reap

   Synonyms: fagotto, fardello

2. falsehood, lie, malarkey

   Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia

3. (vulgar, especially in the plural) testicle, bollock

   Synonyms: palla, coglione

Derived terms

• imballare
• sballare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular present indicative of ballare
2. second-person singular imperative of ballare

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ballene

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Romansch

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) bura
• (Surmiran) bora

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English bailly (“outer castle wall”), from Medieval Latin ballium (“bail, security”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa???/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Mutation

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “balla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page balla

Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.

See also

• balla ur

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?

Noun

calla (plural callas)

1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
2. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.

Translations

References

• calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla palustris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calla palustris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Verb

calla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of callar
2. second-person singular imperative form of callar

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

1. Obsolete spelling of callah

Italian

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

1. calla (Calla palustris)

Latin

Noun

calla

1. nominative plural of callum
2. accusative plural of callum
3. vocative plural of callum

References

• calla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of callar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of callar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of callar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?la/

Verb

calla (present callar, preterite callade, supine callat, imperative calla)

1. (card games) to call

Conjugation

Synonyms

• syna