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English

Etymology 1

From Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of devil, diable, and diabolus.

Noun

diablo (plural diablos)

1. (Southwestern US) the devil

Etymology 2

From French diable (“devil”), from Old French.

Adjective

diablo (not comparable)

1. diable, flavoured with hot spices

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French diable, from Latin diabolus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?ablo/
• Hyphenation: di?a?blo
• Rhymes: -ablo

Noun

diablo (accusative singular diablon, plural diabloj, accusative plural diablojn)

1. devil

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• diabolo (very early Old Spanish, 10th century)

Etymology

From earlier diabolo, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dja.blo]

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos)

1. devil
   • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r. b.

     O xp?s ayuno. xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ?u?o en el mõt o qui?o tentar el diablo a xp?s.

     Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There atop the mountain the Devil tried to tempt Christ.

   • Idem, f. 80r. b.

     sobrela buelta da q?l tenple el diablo q?so t?ptar a ih?u x?

     on the roof of that temple the Devil tied to tempt Jesus Christ

Descendants

• Ladino: diavlo
• Spanish: diablo, diaulo
  • ? English: diablo
  • ? Tagalog: diyablo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• diaulo (Chile, colloquial, rare)

Etymology

From Old Spanish diablo, diabolo (compare Ladino diavlo), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?djablo/, [?d?ja.??lo]

Noun

diablo m (plural diablos, feminine diabla, feminine plural diablas)

1. devil

Derived terms

Related terms

• diabólico

Descendants

• ? English: diablo
• ? Tagalog: diyablo

References

English

Etymology

From Baal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

baal (plural baals)

1. a false deity or idol
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

Synonyms

• (a false deity): afgod (obsolete), false god

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Bala, LABA, alba, blaa, laab

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bal (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German balde. Cognate with German bald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/

Adverb

baal

1. (most dialects) soon

2. (most dialects) almost

   Synonyms: fass, fast, beinoh

Cimbrian

Etymology

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

Noun

baal m

1. (Sette Comuni) drainage channel

References

• “baal” 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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/, [ba?l]
• Hyphenation: baal
• Rhymes: -a?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

Noun

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)

1. A bale of hay or straw.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

Derived terms

• hooibaal
• strobaal
• vlooienbaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baal
• ? Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

baal

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

Limos Kalinga

Noun

baál

1. G-string

Somali

Noun

baal ?

1. wing

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baal (transitive)

1. to hide, to conceal
2. to protect, to shelter, to shield
3. to guard, to keep

Inflection