You can make 6 words from pal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of pal
pal apl pla lpa alp lap
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pal. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pal.
Definitions and meaning of pal
pal
Translingual
Symbol
pal
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Middle Persian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Angloromanipal(“brother, friend”), from Romaniphral(“brother”), from Sanskritभ्रातृ(bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, andfriar.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /pal/
(US) IPA(key): /pæl/
Rhymes: -æl
Homophone: pow(some regions)
Noun
pal (pluralpals)
(colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.
(colloquial)An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:friend
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Afrikaans: pêl
Translations
Verb
pal (third-person singular simple presentpals, present participlepalling, simple past and past participlepalled)
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)Synonym of pal around
Related terms
See also
pal care
Anagrams
ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap
Angloromani
Alternative forms
palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu
Etymology
Inherited from Romaniphral. Cognate with Englishbrother.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpʰæl], [pʰæɫ]
Noun
pal
brother
friend
Derived terms
Descendants
→ English: pal
→ Afrikaans: pêl
References
“pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary[5], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 25
“pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary[6], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 59
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition pa(“for”) + masculine singular article el(“the”).
Contraction
palm
for the
Azerbaijani
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Inherited from Old Catalanpal, from Latinpālus(“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic*pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈpal]
Rhymes: -al
Noun
palm (pluralpals)
stake
pole
(field hockey or ice hockey) stick
Synonym:estic
(heraldry) pale
(colloquial) bore, drag
és un pal ― he's a drag
Related terms
See also
References
“pal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“pal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“pal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“pal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cupeño
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan*pa. Cognate with Cahuillapál, Luiseñopaala, Tübatulabalbal, Northern Paiutepaa, Comanchepaa, Hopipaahu, Classical Nahuatlatl.
Noun
pál
water
References
Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño
Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabicبَال(bāl).
Noun
palm
(always with a pronominal suffix) mind, attention, memory
References
Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 169
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpal]
Rhymes: -al
Interjection
pal!
fire! (a signal to shoot)
Verb
pal
second-person singular imperative of pálit
Further reading
pal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
pal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Frenchpal, from Latinpālus. Cognate with paal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑl/
Rhymes: -ɑl
Noun
palm (pluralpallen, diminutivepalletjen)
catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way)
Adverb
pal
firm, firmly
(with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately
Anagrams
lap
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinpālus(“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pal/
Noun
palm (pluralpals)
stake
pole
(heraldry) pale
Further reading
“pal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Postposition
pal
(follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of
Indonesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpal]
Hyphenation: pal
Etymology 1
From Dutchpaal(“pole”), from Middle Dutchpâel, from Old Dutchpāl, from Latinpālus. Semantic loan from Dutchmijlpaal(“milestone”).
Noun
pal (first-person possessivepalku, second-person possessivepalmu, third-person possessivepalnya)
milestone, one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
Synonyms:batu, mil, tonggak
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pal (first-person possessivepalku, second-person possessivepalmu, third-person possessivepalnya)
Nonstandard spelling of faal.
Further reading
“pal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [pal]
Participle
pal
second-person singular imperative of paliś
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑːl/
Rhymes: -al
Noun
pal?
side
Occitan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pal/
Noun
palm (pluralpals)
post, pole, stake
(nautical) mast
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinpālus(“stake”), possibly through a Proto-West Germanic intermediate *pāl. Compare Old High Germanpfāl (GermanPfahl), Old Dutchpāl (Dutchpaal). Doublet of pǣl, from the variant Proto-West Germanic *pāli.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑːl/
Noun
pālm
stake
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: paal, pall, pol, poll, pole
English: pole
Scots: pale, pall
Old Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from either Old Dutchpāl or Old High Germanpāl, from Proto-West Germanic*pāl, from Latinpālus(“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic*pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-(“to attach”). Cognate to Old Englishpāl. Doublet of pēl.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpaːl/
Noun
pālf
pole
Descendants
North Frisian: pul
West Frisian: peal, poal
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Pipil
Pronunciation
(standard) IPA(key): /pal/
Noun
-pal
of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns)
for (benefactive relation)
Usage notes
The relational noun -pal is part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, thus acting like a preposition:
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: pal
Homophones: Pal, PAL
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle High Germanpfāl, phāl, from Old High Germanpfāl, phāl, from Proto-West Germanic*pāl, *pāli, from Latinpālus, from Proto-Italic*pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.
Noun
palm inan (diminutivepalik)
stake (piece of wood)
(construction) pile (for the support of a building)
Hypernym:słup
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Imperative of palić.
Interjection
pal
(military) shoot!
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pal
second-person singular imperative of palić
Further reading
pal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchpâle.
Adjective
palm or n (feminine singularpală, masculine pluralpali, feminine and neuter pluralpale)
pale
Declension
Southwestern Dinka
Noun
pal (pluralpaal)
knife
Spanish
Contraction
pal
(colloquial)contraction of para(“for”) + el(“the”)
Related terms
Further reading
“pal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014