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pal.

stake

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpal]Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia

  1. stake

    masculine

  2. pole

    masculine

  3. stick

    masculine

  4. pale

    masculine

  5. bore, drag

    colloquial · masculine
    és un pal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

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