different between book vs bal

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo?ok, IPA^(key): /b?k/
• enPR: bo?ok IPA^(key): /bu?k/ (still sometimes northern England; otherwise obsolete)
• plural
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophone: buck (accents without the foot–?strut split)

Etymology 1

From Middle English booke, book, bok, from Old English b?c, from Proto-West Germanic *b?k, from Proto-Germanic *b?ks. Eclipsed non-native Middle English livret, lyveret (“book, booklet”) from Old French livret (“book, booklet”).

Alternative forms

• booke (archaic)

Noun

book (plural books)

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
   • 1962, James East Irby translating Luis Borges as "The Library of Babel":

     I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder.

   • 1983, Steve Horelick & al., "Reading Rainbow":

     I can be anything.
     Take a look!
     It's in a book:
     A reading rainbow.

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 51:

     Trefusis's quarters could be described in one word. Books. Books and books and books. And then, just when an observer might be lured into thinking that that must be it, more books... Trefusis himself was highly dismissive of them. ‘Waste of trees,’ he had once said. ‘Stupid, ugly, clumsy, heavy things. The sooner technology comes up with a reliable alternative the better... The world is so fond of saying that books should be “treated with respect”. But when are we told that words should be treated with respect?’

   She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.

   He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.

2. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

   I have three copies of his first book.

3. A major division of a long work.

   Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

   Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.

   Synonyms: tome, volume

4. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

   I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.

5. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

   a book of stamps

   a book of raffle tickets

   Synonym: booklet

6. (theater) The script of a musical or opera.

   Synonym: libretto

7. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

   Synonyms: account, record

8. (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
9. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
10. (poker slang) four of a kind
11. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
12. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
13. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
14. (figuratively) Any source of instruction.
15. (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
    • 1974, Adrienne Lanier Seward, The Black Pimp as a Folk Hero (page 11)

      The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.

    • 1994, Antiquarian Book Monthly (volume 21, page 36)

      On the other hand The Book is an oral tradition containing the rules and principles to be adopted by a pimp who wishes to be a player.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:book

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:book

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See book/translations § Noun.

See also

• incunable
• scroll
• tome
• volume

Etymology 2

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English b?cian, ?eb?cian, from the noun (see above).

Verb

book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)

2. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

   Synonym: reserve

3. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

   They booked that message from the hill

   Synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down

4. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

   The police booked him for driving too fast.

5. (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
6. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.

   He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.

   Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz

7. To record bets as bookmaker.
8. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.

   The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.

9. (intransitive, slang) To leave.

   He was here earlier, but he booked.

Derived terms

Translations

See book/translations § Verb.

Etymology 3

From Middle English book, bok, from Old English b?c, from Proto-Germanic *b?k, first and third person singular indicative past tense of Proto-Germanic *bakan? (“to bake”).

Verb

book

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake

References

Anagrams

• Boko, Koob, boko, bòkò, kobo

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *b?ks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?k/

Noun

book n (plural beuk)

1. book

Mansaka

Noun

book

1. piece

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English b?c.

Noun

book (plural books)

1. Alternative form of booke

Etymology 2

From Old English b?c.

Noun

book (plural books)

1. Alternative form of bouk

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

book

1. imperative of booke

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Etymology 1

From Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal (plural balle, diminutive balletjie)

1. A ball (spherical object, used as a toy).

Derived terms

• basketbal
• handbal
• muurbal
• pluimbal
• sokkerbal
• tennisbal
• voetbal

Etymology 2

From Dutch bal, from French bal.

Noun

bal (plural [please provide])

1. A ball (formal dance event).

Albanian

Alternative forms

• balo

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bala, cognate to Lithuanian bãlas (“white”), Latvian bàls (“pale”) and Greek (Hes.) ????? ?????? (falós lefkós).

Noun

bal m (indefinite plural bala, definite singular bali, definite plural balat)

1. dog or goat (with a white spot on the forehead)

Derived terms

• balosh

Related terms

• balë

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??]

Noun

bal (definite accusative bal?, plural ballar)

1. honey

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Noun

bal

1. honey, mead
2. ball, dance party

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bal
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal m (plural ballen, diminutive balletje n)

1. a ball or any object with such a shape
2. (informal) testicle, nut
3. (sports) pass, shot

4. (informal, derogatory) toff, posh person

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bal
• ? Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

1. ball, dance party

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bal

1. first-person singular present indicative of ballen
2. imperative of ballen

French

Etymology

From Old French bal, deverbal of baller, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. dance party, ball

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: bal
  • Afrikaans: bal
  • ? Indonesian: bal
• ? Russian: ??? (bal)
  • ? Kazakh: ??? (bal)
  • ? Yakut: ???? (baal)

Further reading

• “bal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French bal (“dance”).

Noun

bal

1. dance party, ball

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English ball.

Noun

bâl f (plural bàl??bàlai)

1. ball

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Adjective

bal (comparative balabb, superlative legbalabb)

1. left

Declension

Antonyms

• jobb

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• bal 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
• bal 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)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bal (“ball”), from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bal]
• Hyphenation: bal

Noun

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

1. (colloquial) ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

   Synonym: bola

Etymology 2

From Dutch baal, from Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bal]
• Hyphenation: bal

Noun

bal (first-person possessive balku, second-person possessive balmu, third-person possessive balnya)

1. bale, a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

   Synonyms: bandela, karung

Further reading

• “bal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/
  • Rhymes: -a?l
  • Homophone: Bal

Adverb

bal

1. nearly, almost
2. soon

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bal, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Noun

bal m

1. ball (round object), sphere
2. something worthless

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bal
  • Afrikaans: bal
  • ? Indonesian: bal
• Limburgish: bal
• West Flemish: bol

Further reading

• “bal (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “bal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• balle, ball

Etymology

From Old English *beall, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Noun

bal (plural balles)

1. A ball (an object of spherical shape)
2. A rounded or spherical lump or bump, especially in medical terminology; a boil.
3. A ball used in sports or other entertainment.
4. The eyeball; the eye viewed as a spherical object.
5. A sport with a ball as a key component of play.
6. One's head (top part of one's body)
7. A projectile resembling a ball in form
8. (rare) A node of muscles supporting the fingers or toes.
9. (rare) A ball-shaped container or box.
10. (rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)

Related terms

• ballok
• foteball

Descendants

• English: ball
• Scots: ball, baw, baa, ba

References

• “bal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

North Wahgi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Noun

bal

1. fish

References

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb bala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??l/

Noun

bal n (definite singular balet, uncountable)

1. bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)

   Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.

   It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.

Further reading

• “bal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal/

Etymology 1

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare (“to dance”).

Noun

bal m inan

1. ball (formal dance)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Low German balk.

Noun

bal m inan

1. log (large cut piece of wood)

Declension

Further reading

• bal in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi ??? (b?l), Punjabi ??? (v?l, “hair”).

Noun

bal m (plural bal)

1. a single hair
2. (in the plural) hair

Romanian

Etymology

From French bal

Noun

bal n (plural baluri)

1. ball (party)

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal m (plural bals)

1. ball (formal dance)

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kwella(k).

Noun

bal

1. fire

References

• López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía?^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. ball (dance)

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa??/

Noun

bal

1. fish

Swedish

Noun

bal c

1. bale, bundle (big packet of things)
2. Formal gathering for dance, ball

Declension

Related terms

bale

• bala
• balning
• balpress
• halmbal
• höbal
• pappersbal

ball

• baldrottning
• balett
• balklänning
• balsal
• maskeradbal
• operabal

References

• bal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• bl a, bl.a.

Tatar

Noun

bal

1. honey

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??/

Noun

bal (definite accusative bal?, plural ballar)

1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

• bal ar?s?

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?l (“honey”).

Noun

bal (definite accusative baly, plural ballar)

1. honey

Tübatulabal

Noun

bal

1. Alternative spelling of pa·l

References

• Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81

Volapük

Numeral

bal

1. one

Derived terms

• balam, balamovik
• balan
• balat, balatam, balatik, balato
• baläd, balädön, balädam, balädü
  • balädik, balädikön, balädikam
    • balädükön, balädükam
  • baibalädik
• baläl, balälik
• balid, balido
• balik, baliko
• balil
• balion, balionan, balionat
• balna, balnaik
• balo
• balön
• balug, balugön
  • balugäl, balugälik
  • balugik, balugiko
    • balugükön
• balüd
• balüf
• balüm
• balyim

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

bal

1. fish