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Yes. The word bal is a Scrabble US word. The word bal is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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3 letters words from 'bal'

ALB 5BAL 5
LAB 5 

2 letters words from 'bal'

AB 4AL 2
BA 4LA 2

All 3 letters words made out of bal

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Definitions and meaning of bal

bal

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.) φαλός λευκός (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 *bạl (“honey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑɫ]

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Noun

bal

  1. honey, mead
  2. ball, dance party

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbal]

Verb

bal

  1. second-person singular imperative of balit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑl/
  • Hyphenation: bal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

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
  • → Papiamentu: bala, balchi

Etymology 2

From French bal, from Late Latin ballare.

Noun

bal n (plural bals, diminutive balletje n)

  1. ball, dance party
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: bal
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: bal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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
    • → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
  • → Russian: бал (bal)
    • → Kazakh: бал (bal)
    • → Yakut: баал (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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâl/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bâl]

Noun

bâl f (plural bàlā̀bàlai)

  1. ball

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒl]
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

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 értelmező 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): [ˈbal]
  • 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): [ˈbal]
  • 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 *bʰel-. Cognate with German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːl/
    • Rhymes: -aːl
    • 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
    • → Papiamentu: bala, balchi
  • 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): /ᵐbɑl/

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): /bɑːl/

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 słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Etymology

From Late Latin ballāre (“dance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal/

Noun

bal m (plural bël)

  1. dance

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”).

Noun

bal m (plural bala)

  1. a single hair
  2. (in the plural) hair

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bal”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 675
  • Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[3], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40

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[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 25

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bal m (Cyrillic spelling бал)

  1. ball (dance)

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa⁵⁵/

Noun

bal

  1. fish

Sumerian

Romanization

bal

  1. Romanization of 𒁄 (bal)

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 بال‎, from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑɫ/

Noun

bal (definite accusative balı, plural ballar)

  1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạl (“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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (short for) a balmoral, a type of Scottish bonnet or boot.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)