different between pal vs favourite
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
- (colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}
.
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
pal From the web:
- what palestine
- what palm trees are native to florida
- what palm trees have coconuts
- what palm trees are poisonous to dogs
- what palms are safe for cats
- what paleo diet
- what palliative care
- what palm trees are safe for dogs
favourite
English
Alternative forms
- (American English) favorite
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”). Doublet of favori.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?v.??t/
Adjective
favourite (not comparable) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
- This is my second favourite occupation.
- Antonyms: least favorite, unfavourite, unfavorite
- Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
- I just saw a movie with all my favourite actors in it.
Translations
Noun
favourite (plural favourites) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- Antonyms: unfavourite, unfavorite
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
- Synonym: top dog
- (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
- (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Farquhar to this entry?)
Related terms
Translations
Verb
favourite (third-person singular simple present favourites, present participle favouriting, simple past and past participle favourited) (Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, South Africa)
- To favour.
- (Internet) To bookmark.
- (Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
- Antonyms: unfavourite, unfavorite
Derived terms
- fave
favourite From the web:
- what favourite colour
- what favourite colour says about you
- what favourite animal says about you
- what favourite colours mean
- what favourites are gluten free
- what favourite subject
- what favourite means
- what favourite things
you may also like
- pal vs favourite
- coincident vs united
- tear vs clutch
- suppose vs squawk
- impart vs mutter
- religiousness vs sacredness
- insolent vs barbarous
- pleasurable vs top-notch
- diversity vs superiority
- outlandish vs capricious
- fruit vs performance
- duty vs licence
- stupid vs carnal
- bemire vs tarnish
- confirmed vs indissoluble
- related vs supplementary
- rotten vs ghastly
- revenue vs pickings
- animate vs fleshly
- sharp vs entertaining