ball.
ball (solid or hollow sphere)
Meaning & usage
ball (solid or hollow sphere)
ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)
Where this word comes from
From dialectal Norwegian, from Old Norse bǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *balluz. Displaced Danish bold, which was excluded from the standard already in 1907. The establishment of the Norwegian form may have been facilitated by the fact that Danish also has bal c (“billiard ball”), a borrowing from French balle f.
ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish bal n, from French bal m.
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