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balai

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(Anglès)

  1. (masculine) broom
  2. (masculine) broomstick flown by witches
  3. (colloquial, masculine) the last bus or train (at night)
  4. (masculine) tail (of a bird of prey)
  5. (masculine) brush (electrical contact)
  6. (masculine) blade (of windscreen wiper)
  7. (masculine, slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)

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C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ba.lɛ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de francès antic
balai
In summary

Inherited from Old French balai, from earlier balain (“bundle of broom”, 12th c.), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom plant”). It is uncertain whether the Celtic word passed into French through a Gaulish *balano- or rather through Middle Breton balain, balazn, from Old Breton balan. The latter appears more likely.

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