different between gala vs bal

English

Etymology 1

From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (“scabies”).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æl?/, /??e?l?/, /????l?/

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Translations

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. A competition

3. (countable) A showy and festive party.

Derived terms

• gala dress
• gala pie

Translations

References

Etymology 2

Sumerian ???????? (gala), cognate to Akkadian ???????? (kalû). A connection to the similar Phrygian and Roman priests of Cybele called gallae or galli has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
   • 2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, Martha Tobi Roth), page 50:

     (6) Some galas/kalûs are mentioned in Pre-Sargonic and Old Babylonian texts in connection with classes of women, maids, and ?arimtu-women.

     (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries [...]

References

Anagrams

• Gaal, agal, alga

Bambara

Noun

gala

1. dye

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??a.l?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Etymology 1

From Old French gale (“pleasure”), from galer (“enjoy onself”).

Noun

gala f (plural gales)

1. pomp, display
2. gala
3. festival, dance

Derived terms

• de gala
• galejar

Related terms

• galà
• galant

Etymology 2

From Latin galla.

Noun

gala f (plural gales)

1. gall (abnormal swelling growth on a plant)

   Synonyms: agalla, ballaruc, cecidi

Further reading

• “gala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

1. a gala; a ball
2. money thrown to or pinned to the clothing of the wedding couple in a money dance

Anagrams

• laag, laga

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian or Spanish gala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.la?/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala n (plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)

1. A ceremonial celebration, originally a ball (formal dance), now often a prom.
2. Formal dress.

   Synonyms: galakleding, staatsiegewaad, staatsiekleding

Derived terms

• galajurk
• galakleding
• kerstgala
• schoolgala

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Verb

gala (third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólu, supine galið)

1. to crow (of a chicken)

Conjugation

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galas, galât

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Garo

Verb

gala

1. to throw away

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?la/
• Rhymes: -a?la

Verb

gala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative galaði, supine galað)
gala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gól, third-person plural past indicative gólum, supine galið)

1. (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
   • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)

     En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.

     Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

2. (intransitive) to cry, to scream

Conjugation

Originally a strong verb, but now most usually weak; the strong conjugation is mostly archaic or poetic, and is especially rare in the present tense.

Synonyms

• (scream): orga

See also

• gaggalagú

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ?? (gala, “neck, resin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ala/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

1. resin
2. neck

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch gala (“ball”), from French gala, from Spanish gala, from Old Spanish gala, from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ala/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

1. ball

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??al???]

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Italian

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Noun

gala f (plural gale)

1. bow (ornament on a dress etc)
2. bow tie (large)
3. frill, flounce, ruche (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)
4. roche, ruching, ruffle

Synonyms

• frangia
• guarnitura
• frappa
• balza
• volant

Etymology 2

From Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to rejoice”).

Noun

gala m (invariable)

1. gala
2. festivity

Synonyms

• pompa
• pompa magna
• fasto
• magnificenza
• sontuosità

Anagrams

• alga

Kilivila

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/

Particle

gala

1. not

   Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

Idioms

• gala wala

Interjection

gala

1. no

Anagrams

• laga

References

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 223. ?ISBN

Latvian

Noun

gala m

1. genitive singular form of gals

Ledo Kaili

Noun

gala

1. brass

Manchu

Romanization

gala

1. Romanization of ????

Maranao

Noun

gala

1. plaster, glue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gale (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²???l?/

Verb

gala (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)

1. to crow (to make the sound of a cuckoo or a rooster)

References

• “gala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galan?, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shout, charm away”).

Verb

gala

1. to sing
2. to crow
3. to chant (spells)

Conjugation

Related terms

• galdr
• hjala

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galan?.

Verb

gala

1. to sing (of birds)
2. to crow (of roosters)
3. to charm, to enchant

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: gala

Polish

Etymology

From French gala, from Italian gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Noun

gala f

1. gala (showy and festive party)
2. costume for gala, formal dress

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) galowy
• (adverb) galowo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian gala

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. gala (showy and festive party)

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galar

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/

Verb

gala

1. (intransitive) to stay the night

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/, [??a.la]

Etymology 1

From Latin Gallus (“Gaulish”).

Adjective

gala

1. feminine singular of galo

Etymology 2

From Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to enjoy oneself”). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. gala
2. elegant dress, male clothes, specially those used in a gala

Derived terms

Anagrams

• alga

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Italian or Spanish gala

Noun

gala c

1. gala; festival

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish gala, from Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galan?.

Verb

gala (present gal, preterite gol, supine galit, imperative gal)

1. to crow; to make a sound characteristic of a rooster

   förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal

   before the cock crow ... And immediately the cock crew ... Before the cock crow (Matthew 26:34, 74, 75)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• galning
• gola
• hanegäll

Anagrams

• laga

Tagalog

Noun

galà

1. (colloquial) wandering around; travelling around

Welsh

Noun

gala

1. Soft mutation of cala.

Mutation

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