bale

See also: Bale, balé, Bâle, balë, ba-lê, and Ba Lê

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: bail

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English bealo, from Proto-Germanic *balwô. Cognate with Low German bal- (“bad, ill”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Old High German balo (“destruction”), Old Norse bǫl (“disaster”).

NounEdit

bale (uncountable)

1. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
2. Suffering, woe, torment.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:

     That other swayne, like ashes deadly pale, / Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale.

Derived termsEdit

• baleful

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English bale, from Old English bǣl (“funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

NounEdit

bale (plural bales)

1. (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
2. (archaic) A funeral pyre.
3. (archaic) A beacon-fire.

Derived termsEdit

• balefire
• baleful

Etymology 3Edit

Precise derivation uncertain: perhaps from Old French bale, balle, from Medieval Latin balla (“ball, rounded package”), from Germanic; or perhaps from Dutch baal, itself borrowed from French.

Round straw bales in Germany

NounEdit

bale (plural bales)

1. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
2. A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
3. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
4. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

Derived termsEdit

• bale of dice

TranslationsEdit

rounded bundle of goods

• Belarusian: цюк m (cjuk)
• Bulgarian: бала (bg) (bala), денк (bg) (denk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捆包 (zh) (kǔnbāo), 包 (zh) (bāo), 捆 (zh) (kǔn)

• Finnish: paali (fi)
• French: ballot (fr) m
• German: Ballen (de) m
• Greek: βασταγή f (vastagí)
• Hungarian: bála (hu)

• Italian: balla (it) f
• Japanese: 俵 (ja) (たわら, tawara)
• Persian: بغچه‏‎ (fa) (boqče), بلغنده‏‎ (fa) (balqande)
• Portuguese: fardo (pt) m
• Russian: тюк (ru) m (tjuk), ки́па (ru) f (kípa)
• Slovak: bal (sk) m
• Spanish: bala (es) f
• Ukrainian: тюк m (tjuk)

bundle of compressed wool or hay

• Bulgarian: бала (bg) (bala)
• Finnish: paali (fi)
• French: botte (fr) f
• Greek: δεμάτι (el) n (demáti)

• Hungarian: bála (hu)
• Italian: balla (it) f
• Portuguese: fardo (pt) m
• Yiddish: באַלן‏‎ m (baln)

measurement of hay

• Finnish: paali (fi)
• French: botte (fr) f

• Hungarian: bála (hu)

measurement of paper

• Finnish: paali (fi)
• Hungarian: bála (hu)

• Spanish: bala (es) f

Coordinate termsEdit

• (measurement of paper): bundle, quire, ream

See alsoEdit

• Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

VerbEdit

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

1. (transitive) To wrap into a bale.

TranslationsEdit

to wrap into a bale

• Bulgarian: балирам (baliram)
• Finnish: paalata (fi), paalittaa
• German: paketieren (de)
• Hungarian: báláz (hu)

• Portuguese: enfardar (pt)
• Spanish: embalar (es)
• Turkish: paketlemek (tr)

Etymology 4Edit

Alternative spelling of bail

VerbEdit

bale (third-person singular simple present bales, present participle baling, simple past and past participle baled)

1. (Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

TranslationsEdit

to remove water from a boat — see bail

See alsoEdit

• Bale in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

AnagramsEdit

• -able, Abel, Able, Beal, Blea, Elba, able, albe, bael, beal, blea

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BugineseEdit

NounEdit

bale

1. fish

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

bale

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of balen

AnagramsEdit

• Abel

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FrenchEdit

Alternate formsEdit

• balle

EtymologyEdit

From Gaulish *balu.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bal/

NounEdit

bale f (uncountable)

1. chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)

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KapampanganEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

NounEdit

bale

1. house

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.li/
  • Homophone: Bali

VerbEdit

bale

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of balar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of balar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of balar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of balar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of balir
6. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of balir

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin root *baba. Compare French bave, Italian bava, Spanish and Portuguese baba. The normal result, *ba, is not used as the singular has been replaced with bală through analogy.

NounEdit

bale f pl (plural only)

1. slobber, drool, dribble, saliva

DeclensionEdit

declension of bale (plural only)

	plural
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(niște) bale	balele
genitive/dative	(unor) bale	balelor
vocative

Derived termsEdit

• bălos

SynonymsEdit

• salivă

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

bale

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of balar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of balar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of balar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of balar.

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French ballet.

NounEdit

bale (definite accusative baleyi, plural baleler)

1. ballet