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palla.

ball (object used for playing games)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpal.la/
  1. ball (object used for playing games)

    feminine
  2. ball (solid or hollow sphere)

    feminine
  3. bullet, shot

    feminine · historical
  4. testicles

    feminine · plural-normally · vulgar
  5. something dull or boring

    feminine · figuratively · informal
    Che palle!
  6. lie

    colloquial · feminine
  7. circle-shaped charge

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin balla, palla, bala, from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Alternatively, via Lombardic *palla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, from the same ultimate origin. Compare Sicilian baḍḍa.

noun/ˈpal.la/
  1. palla (cloth worn by ladies)

    Ancient-Rome · feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.

noun/ˈpal.la/
  1. a cloth used to cover a chalice during services

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Perhaps an extension in sense of the above lemma.

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