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balle.

ball

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bal/
  1. ball

    feminine
  2. bullet

    feminine
  3. franc (French franc), euro

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (“bundle”).

noun/bal/
  1. bundle of goods; packet tied and held together with string

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French balle (“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale (“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”) and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Cognate with English ball. Doublet of Etymology 1.

noun/bal/
  1. chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Gaulish *balu.

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