baille

baille

See also: baillé, báille, bâille, and bâillé

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

baille m (plural bailles)

  1. dance

Verb

baille

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of baillar

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (time, period of time, while). Cognate with German Weile, English while.

Noun

baille f

  1. (Sette Comuni) moment, while
    An de spaitest an baille khimmich met diar.
    If you wait a moment I'll come with you.

References

  • “baille” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin baiula, from the feminine of baiulus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /baj/
    • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
    • Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):(file)
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

    Noun

    baille f (plural bailles)

    1. tub
    2. water

    Descendants

    • Istriot: baio
    • Middle Low German: ballie
    • Polish: balia, balja (pre-reform orthography (1936))

    Further reading

    Anagrams