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You can make 11 words from paal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of paal

paal apal paal apal aapl aapl pala apla plaa lpaa alpa lapa pala apla plaa lpaa alpa lapa aalp aalp alap laap alap laap

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Definitions and meaning of paal

paal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːl/

Noun

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

1. post, pole, beam

Derived terms

• doelpaal
• paaldanser

Descendants

• → Tsonga: pala
• → Xhosa: ipala

Cahuilla

Noun

páal

1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːl/
• Hyphenation: paal
• Rhymes: -aːl
• Homophone: Paal

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Noun

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

1. post, stake, pole, pile
2. (sports) goalpost

   Synonym: doelpaal

3. (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
4. (euphemistic) erect phallus
5. an Indonesian measure of distance

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: paal
  • → Tsonga: pala
  • → Xhosa: ipala
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pál
• → Caribbean Javanese: pal
• → Guyanese Creole English: paal
• → Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)
• → Papiamentu: palu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

1. peel, baker's instrument

   Synonym: ovenpaal

Derived terms

• palen
• handpaal
• koekepaal
• paaloren
• paaloore

Etymology 3

Borrowed French pâle (“pale”).

Adjective

paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)

1. pale
2. faded, discolored

Inflection

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paal

1. inflection of palen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Laven

Noun

paal

1. (Laven and Juk) shoulder

Further reading

• Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pàːl/

Noun

paal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)

1. child