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Etymology 1[]
Old English bealo, from Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Bale]] *balwo. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins), “‘torture’”), Old High German balo (“‘destruction’”), Old Norse bǫl (“‘disaster’”).
Noun[]
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Bale (-)
- Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- Suffering, woe, torment.
Derived terms[]
- baleful
Etymology 2[]
Old English bǣl, from Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Bale]] *bālo, from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).
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Bale ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
- (archaic) A funeral pyre.
- (archaic) A beacon-fire.
Derived terms[]
- balefire
- baleful
Etymology 3[]
Precise derivation uncertain: perhaps from Old French bale, balle, from Medieval Latin balla (“‘ball, rounded package’”); or perhaps from Template:Vls[[Category:Template:Vls derivations|Bale]] [[bale#Template:Vls|bale]] (modern Dutch baal), itself borrowed from French.
Noun[]
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Bale ({{{1}}})
- A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
- A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
- A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
- A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
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Verb[]
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to Bale (third-person singular simple present bal, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To wrap into a bale.
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Etymology 4[]
Alternative spelling of bail
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to Bale (third-person singular simple present bal, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
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- REDIRECT Template:PL:1911
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Dutch[]
Verb[]
Bale
- The singular present subjunctive of balen.
Spanish[]
Verb[]
Bale (infinitive balar)
- formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of balar.
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of balar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of balar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of balar.
Turkish[]
Noun[]
bale
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