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pal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit ?????? (bhr?t?, “brother”). Doublet of brother and frater.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pal/
- (US) IPA(key): /pæl/
- Rhymes: -æl
Noun
pal (plural pals)
- (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
- Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.
- (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
- Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:friend
Translations
Derived terms
Verb
pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)
- Be friends with, hang around with.
Related terms
Anagrams
- ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap
Angloromani
Alternative forms
- palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu
Etymology
From Romani phral, from Sanskrit ?????? (bhr??t?), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r. Cognate with English brother.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?æl], [p?æ?]
Noun
pal
- brother
- friend
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? English: pal
References
- “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.
- “pal” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction
pal m
- for the
Cahuilla
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.
Noun
pál
- water
References
- Katherine Siva Sauvel; Pamela Munro (1983) Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan pal, from Latin p?lus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?pal/
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
pal m (plural pals)
- stake
- pole
- (heraldry) pale
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Related terms
See also
Cupeño
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl.
Noun
pál
- water
References
- Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pal]
- Rhymes: -al
Interjection
pal!
- fire! (a signal to shoot)
Verb
pal
- second-person singular imperative of pálit
Further reading
- pal in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- pal in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French pal, from Latin p?lus. Cognate with paal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
pal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n)
- catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)
Adverb
pal
- firm, firmly
- (with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately
Anagrams
- lap
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?lus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal/
Noun
pal m (plural pals)
- stake
- pole
- (heraldry) pale
References
- “pal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Postposition
pal
- (follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pal]
- Hyphenation: pal
Etymology 1
From Dutch paal (“pole”), from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch p?l, from Latin p?lus. See Dutch mijlpaal (“milestone”).
Noun
pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)
- milestone, one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pal (first-person possessive palku, second-person possessive palmu, third-person possessive palnya)
- Nonstandard spelling of faal.
Further reading
- “pal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pal]
Participle
pal
- second-person singular imperative of pali?
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??l/
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
pal ?
- side
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal/
Noun
pal m (plural pals)
- post, pole, stake
- (nautical) mast
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?lus (“stake”), possibly through a late Proto-Germanic intermediate. Compare Old High German pf?l (German Pfahl), Old Dutch p?l (Dutch paal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??l/
Noun
p?l m
- stake
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: pole, pal
- English: pole
Old Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from either Old Dutch p?l or Old High German p?l, from Proto-West Germanic *p?laz, from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognate to Old English p?l. Doublet of p?l.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?l/
Noun
p?l f
- pole
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Pipil
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /pal/
Relational
-pal
- of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)
- for (benefactive relation)
Declension
Usage notes
- The relational noun -pal is part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, thus acting like a preposition:
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal/
Etymology 1
From Latin p?lus (“stake”).
Noun
pal m inan
- stake (piece of wood)
- pile (for the support of a building)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pal
- second-person singular imperative of pali?
Further reading
- pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French pâle.
Adjective
pal m or n (feminine singular pal?, masculine plural pali, feminine and neuter plural pale)
- pale
Declension
Spanish
Contraction
pal
- (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”)
Related terms
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pal]
Noun
pal (nominative plural pals)
- parent, father or mother
- Hyponyms: fat, hipal, jipal, mot
Declension
Derived terms
See also
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boyfriend
English
Alternative forms
- boy friend (dated)
- boy-friend (dated)
Etymology
From boy +? friend.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b???f??nd/, /?b??f??nd/
Noun
boyfriend (plural boyfriends)
- A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- Coordinate terms: fiancé, girlfriend, husband, lover, significant other
- A male friend.
- Synonyms: (slang) guyfriend, buddy, pal, mate; see also Thesaurus:friend
Usage notes
In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is also often used to describe a woman's close female friends, the term is not that often used in reference to non-romantic relationships. Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and in the past has had implications of an illicit relationship (as sexual and romantic relationships outside marriage were more commonly frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications per se.
An adult man in a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. Because boyfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.
Separating the word into its two components boy friend avoids the romantic implication nowadays, although boy friend used to mean the same as boyfriend does now. However, British and Australian men usually refer to a male friend as a mate. Similarly, Americans and Canadians use the term buddy.
Derived terms
- boyfriendable
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ?????????? (b?yfre??)
- ? Japanese: ??????? (b?ifurendo)
- ? Korean: ????? (boipeurendeu)
- ? Russian: ????????? (bojfr??nd)
- ? Urdu: ??????????? (bayfren?)
Translations
Anagrams
- friend boy, friendboy
Finnish
Noun
boyfriend
- (rare) boyfriend
Declension
Synonyms
- poikakaveri
- poikaystävä
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