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ballad
English
Etymology
From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of ballade.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæl?d/
Noun
ballad (plural ballads)
- A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- A slow romantic song.
Derived terms
- murder ballad
- power ballad
Translations
Verb
ballad (third-person singular simple present ballads, present participle ballading, simple past and past participle balladed)
- (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads.
- (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.
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balla
English
Alternative forms
- baller
Noun
balla (plural ballas)
- (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).
Catalan
Verb
balla
- third-person singular present indicative form of ballar
- 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)
- (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)
- to wrap
Conjugation
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: ballas, ballât
Verb
balla
- third-person singular past historic of baller
Icelandic
Noun
balla
- indefinite genitive plural of böllur
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bal?lá
- IPA(key): /bal?la/, [b?l?la]
Noun
ballá
- frenzy
- (medicine) rabies
- 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)
- 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)
- large bundle, torsello, bale, reap
- Synonyms: fagotto, fardello
- falsehood, lie, malarkey
- Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia
- (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
- third-person singular present indicative of ballare
- second-person singular imperative of ballare
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- ballene
Noun
balla n pl
- definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
balla n pl
- definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)
Romansch
Noun
balla f (plural ballas)
- (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)
- (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
- absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.
See also
- balla ur
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