bales

See also: balés, bałeś, and bäles

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪlz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪlz
• Homophone: bails

Noun

bales

1. plural of bale

Verb

bales

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bale

Anagrams

• blasé, blase, ables, Sabel, sable, Sable, albes, Basel, Ables, Blase, beals, Basle, baels, saleb, Bleas, Sablé, labes

Asturian

Noun

bales

1. plural of bala

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.les]

Noun

bales

1. plural of bala

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baləs (“to answer; retaliate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bá‧les
• (Ilocos Norte) IPA^(key): /ˈbalɛs/
• (Ilocos Sur) IPA^(key): /ˈbalɯs/

Noun

báles

1. payment

   Synonym: bayad

2. reward; renumeration
3. revenge

Derived terms

• agbales
• bumales
• ibales
• managibales

Karao

Noun

bales

1. revenge

Latin

Verb

bālēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of bālō

References

• "bales", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

bales

1. plural of bale (“evil”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bales

1. plural of bale (“bale”)

Portuguese

Verb

bales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of balar
2. second-person singular present indicative of balir

Spanish

Verb

bales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of balar

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baləs.

Verb

bales

1. to repay