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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??lz/
• Rhymes: -??lz

Noun

balls

1. plural of ball
   • W. S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore

     When the balls whistle free o'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day.

2. (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.

3. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Bravery, courage, chutzpah, or brazenness.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:courage
4. (uncountable, Britain, vulgar, colloquial) Rubbish, nonsense.

5. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) A balls-up; a botched job.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

balls (third-person singular simple present ballses, present participle ballsing, simple past and past participle ballsed)

1. (vulgar, transitive) Speaking or acting with bravado to achieve (something)
2. (vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Verb

balls

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball

Derived terms

• balls about, balls around
• balls on
• balls up

Adverb

balls (not comparable)

1. (slang) Very. Intensifier.

Translations

Further reading

• ball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• testicle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• courage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Noun

balls

1. plural of ball

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