Balg

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine,strong) the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one
2. (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine,strong) short for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion
3. (masculine,strong) follicle

Concepts

peau

fourrure

dépouille

pelage

peste

sale gosse

soufflet

mioche

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morveux

peaux

poil d’animal

cuirs et peaux

morveuse

gosse

🧒

mouflet

🧒

Synonymes

Pelz

Fell

Tierhaut

Gör

verzogenes Kind

Kind

🧒

Schelm

👿

Wesen

Göre

Bälger

ausgestopftes Tier

Haut und Fell

boshaftes Kind

Federlappen

ausgestopfter Vogel

Flegel

Gefieder

Haarfarbe

Herkunft

pelz

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/balk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi.
Words for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”).
Cognates
Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Persian بالش (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.