balle
Afrikaans edit
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balle
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balle
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (Etymology 2).
Noun edit
balle f (plural balles)
- (small) ball
- balle de golf
- golf ball
- balle de tennis
- tennis ball
- bullet
- (colloquial) franc (French franc), euro
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: bala
See also edit
- ballon (larger ball)
- boule, boulette
- pare-balles
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle French balle (“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale (“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”) and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Cognate with English ball. Doublet of Etymology 1.
Noun edit
balle f (plural balles)
Etymology 3 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
balle f (uncountable)
- chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
References edit
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading edit
- “balle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
balle
- inflection of ballen:
Italian edit
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balle f
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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balle f (5th declension)
- ball (old-fashioned spacious, luxurious dancing party)
- balles tērps ― ball dress, clothes
- zaļumu balle ― open-air ball, dancing party
- masku balle ― masquerade (lit. mask ball)
- (colloquial) a small party, with food and drinks
- vakar pēc sapulces ceplī bijusi īsta balle ― yesterday after the meeting in the kiln there was a real ball
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balle f (5th declension)
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Limburgish edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
balle
- (intransitive) to play with a ball
Conjugation edit
non-finite forms | infinitive | gerund | present participle | past participle | adjective | adverb |
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(tö) balle | 't balle n | ballendj | höbbe gebal | gebaldje, gebaldjer, gebaldjes | gebaldj, gebaldjelik | |
number & tense | verb-second order | verb-first order | ||||
present | past | subjunctive | present | past | subjunctive | |
first person singular | bal | baldje | balle | bal | baldje-n | balle-n |
second person singular | bals | baldjes | balle | bals | baldjes | baller |
third person singular | baltj | baldje | balle | baltj'r | baldje | baller |
first person plural | balle | baldje | balle | baltj | baldje | balle |
second person plural | baltj | baldje | balle | baltj | baldje | balletj |
third person plural | balle | baldje | balle | balle | baldje | baller |
other forms | noun | imperative singular impolite | imperative singular polite | imperative dual | imperative plural | inclusive |
't gebal n | bal! | baltj! | baltj, balletj! | baltj! | ballem |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
balle
- inflection of bal:
- (some dialects, mainly West Limburgish) nominative plural
- (archaic) accusative singular
Middle English edit
Noun edit
balle
- Alternative form of bal
Middle French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From northern Italian balla (“ball”).
Noun edit
balle f (plural balles)
- ball (spherical object used in games)
- small metal ball used as artillery
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French balle, from Frankish *balla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”).
Noun edit
balle f (plural balles)
Descendants edit
- French: balle
Moore edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
balle
- ball (object)
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
balle f (plural balles)
Derived terms edit
- balle-à-leunettes (“jack o'lantern”)
- balle dé l'yi (“eyeball”)
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
balle
- inflection of ballat:
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
balle
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Doublet of boll and bulle. Compare Old English bealluc, English bollock, Danish balde (“buttock”). First attested in 1520.[1]
Noun edit
balle c (colloquial)
- (colloquial, vulgar) a schlong, cock ((larger) penis)
- 1993, Helga Kress, “Vad en kvinna kväder. Kultur och kön på Island i fornnordisk medeltid [What a woman feels. Culture and gender in Iceland in the Old Norse Middle Ages]”, in Elisabeth Møller Jensen, editor, Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria I [Nordic history of women's literature I][1], page 59:
- Trälen skär av "med ett raskt snitt den lem, som efter naturens ordning det slags skapelser har till avlande... och som, efter vad de gamla skalderna säger, heter ballen på hästar". Bondsonen kommer skrattande in i rummet till sin mor, syster och trälkvinnan och hotar dem med ballen. Han kväder en smädevers. där han ger ballen namnet Völse (etymologiskt detsamma som fallos).
- The thrall cuts off "with a quick cut the limb, which, according to the order of nature, this kind of creation [(horse)] has for breeding... and which, according to what the old poets say, is on horses called the [penis]". The farm-son comes laughing into the room of his mother, sister and thrall woman and threatens them with the [penis]. He chants a slanderous verse, where he gives the [penis] the name Völse (etymologically the same as phallus).
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) a testicle
- (Southern) a buttock
Declension edit
Declension of balle | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | balle | ballen | ballar | ballarna |
Genitive | balles | ballens | ballars | ballarnas |
Derived terms edit
- raggarballe med svängdörr
- suga balle (“suck cock”)
- vinballe (“whiskey dick”)
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Originally formed in its definitive form ballen as a humorous contraction of balkongen (“the balcony”), partly influenced by the sense ballen (“the penis; the scrotum”).
Noun edit
balle c (colloquial)
- (humorous) a balcony
- 2011 September 21, Kenza Zouiten, “Sitter på ballen med en kall cola”, in Kenzas.se[2] (blog):
- Jag har hittat internet ute på ballen! Inte så stark signalstyrka dock så det går lite segt…
- I've found internet out on the balcony! The signal strength isn't that strong though, so it's a bit slow...
- 2013 July 7, “Kulan och jag på ballen”, in Hon kallas Tess[3] (blog):
- Solen skiner, jag och kulan [gravidmage] sitter på ballen och försöker få lite färg, orkar inte sitta i denna hetta egentligen känner mig som en svullen flodhäst!
- The sun is shining, me and the bump [pregnant belly] are sitting on the balcony trying to get some color, don't really have the energy to sit in this heat, feeling like a swollen hippo!
- 2021 April 21, Patrik Isaksson, “patrikisakssonofficial”, in Instagram[4] (social media):
- Sitter på ballen nu å njuter. Hoppas ni har en härlig dag.
- Sitting on the balcony now enjoying. Hope you have a wonderful day.
References edit
- balle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- balle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- balle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken
- Slangopedia
- balder in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L