You can make 22 words from bale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of bale
bale able blae lbae albe labe bael abel beal ebal aebl eabl blea lbea bela ebla leba elba aleb laeb aelb ealb leab elab
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bale. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bale.
Definitions and meaning of bale
bale
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /beɪ̯l/, [ˈbeɪ̯(ə)ɫ], [beə̯ɫ]
Rhymes: -eɪl
Homophone: bail
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishbale(“evil”), from Old Englishbealu, from Proto-West Germanic*balu, from Proto-Germanic*balwą.
Cognate with Low Germanbal-(“bad, ill”), Gothic𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃(balweins, “torture”), Old High Germanbalo(“destruction”), Old Norsebǫl(“disaster”).
Noun
bale (uncountable)
Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
Suffering, woe, torment.
Derived terms
baleful
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishbale(“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Old Englishbǣl(“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic*bēlą(“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-(“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norsebál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).
Noun
bale (pluralbales)
(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
(archaic) A funeral pyre.
(archaic) A beacon-fire.
Derived terms
balefire
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishbale(“bale”), from Old Frenchbale and Medieval Latinbala, of Germanic origin. Doublet of ball.
Noun
bale (pluralbales)
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
Hyponyms:haybale, strawbale
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
A block of compressed cannabis.
Coordinate terms
(measurement of paper):bundle, quire, ream
Derived terms
bale of dice
Translations
Further reading
Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
bale (third-person singular simple presentbales, present participlebaling, simple past and past participlebaled)
(transitive) To wrap into a bale.
Derived terms
bale up
Translations
Etymology 4
Alternative spelling of bail.
Verb
bale (third-person singular simple presentbales, present participlebaling, simple past and past participlebaled)
(British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Translations
Further reading
Bale in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
"bale" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
“bale” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Buginese
Noun
bale
Alternative spelling of balé(“fish”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bale
(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of balen
Anagrams
Abel
French
Alternative forms
balle
Etymology
From Gaulish*balu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bal/
Noun
balef (uncountable)
chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
Further reading
“bale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchbalai.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ba.le/
Noun
bale
broom
Verb
bale
to sweep
Javanese
Romanization
bale
Dated spelling of balé. Romanization of ꦧꦭꦺ
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balay, from Proto-Austronesian*balay.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bəˈle/, [bəˈlɛː]
Hyphenation: ba‧le
Noun
balé
house
Derived terms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishbealu, from Proto-West Germanic*balu, from Proto-Germanic*balwą.
Alternative forms
balu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbaːl(ə)/
Noun
bale (pluralbales)
An evil or wrong act; a bad deed.
Maliciousness, iniquity, damage.
Devastation and doom; the causing of lifelessness.
Woe or torment; hurting, agony.
Related terms
baleful
bale-siðe
bali
Descendants
English: bale(dated)
References
“bāle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Adjective
bale
decisive, ruinous, vicious
tormentuous, painful, hurtful
References
“bāle, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Etymology 2
Either from Old Englishbǣl, Old Norsebál, or a conflation of both; in any case, from Proto-Germanic*bēlą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /baːl/
Noun
bale
Any large fire; a bonfire or pyre.
A fire for inhumation; a funeral pyre.
A fire for execution or killing.
Related terms
bale-fyre
Descendants
English: bale(archaic)
Scots: bale
References
“bāl(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Etymology 3
Probably borrowed from Old Frenchbale, balle, from Medieval Latinballa, from Frankish or Old High Germanballa(“ball”), from Proto-Germanic*balluz.
Alternative forms
bala, ball
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbaːl(ə)/
Noun
bale (pluralbales)
A bale(rounded bundle)
Descendants
English: bale
References
“bāle, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
“bale”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
North Moluccan Malay
Etymology
From Classical Malayباليق(balik). The noun sense is derived from how papeda is served by turning it around a pair of tongs; a serving is thus called a turn of papeda.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈba.le/
Verb
bale
(intransitive) to turn around
(intransitive) to reverse
Noun
bale
(of papeda, etc.) a portion, serving
lima bale, bukang lima bokor ― five portions, not five bowls
References
Betty Litamahuputty (2012) Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
bale (present tensebalar, past tensebala, past participlebala, passive infinitivebalast, present participlebalande, imperativebale/bal)
Alternative form of bala
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balay, from Proto-Austronesian*balay.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ba.le/
Rhymes: -le
Hyphenation: ba‧le
Noun
bale
open building
pavilion
hall
Derived terms
Descendants
> Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺ(balé)(inherited)
References
"bale" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
bale
locative singular of bala(“strength”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Homophones: Báli(Brazil), vale(Northern Portugal)
Hyphenation: ba‧le
Verb
bale
inflection of balar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
inflection of balir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *baba. Compare Frenchbave, Italianbava, Spanish and Portuguesebaba. The normal result, *ba, is not used as the singular has been replaced with bală through analogy.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈba.le/
Noun
balef pl (plural only)
slobber, drool, dribble, saliva
Synonym:salivă
Declension
Derived terms
bălos
Saterland Frisian
Alternative forms
baale, balle
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a corruption of Old Frisian*babbelia(“to babble”), whence also Saterland Frisianbabbelje.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbaːlə/
Hyphenation: ba‧le
Verb
bale
(intransitive) to speak
Conjugation
Derived terms
ätterbale
baler
bebale
froamdbale
juunbale
muulebale
rundbale
truchbale
uutbale
References
Marron C. Fort (2015) “bale”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Spanish
Verb
bale
inflection of balar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Tagalog
Alternative forms
bali
Etymology
From Spanishvale, third-person singular present indicative form of valer(“to be worth”), from Old Spanishvaler. Compare Chavacanovale.
Pronunciation
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbale/, [ˈba.lɛ]
Rhymes: -ale
Syllabification: ba‧le
Noun
bale (Baybayin spellingᜊᜎᜒ)
(colloquial) worth; value (usually used in the negative)
promissory note; credit; IOU
request of partial advanced payment
Adverb
bale (Baybayin spellingᜊᜎᜒ)
used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question: so
used before stating or enumerating the gist or summary of what is being discussed
used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response or when one cannot start to speak