bale

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
2. (uncountable) Suffering, woe, torment.

Verb

To wrap into a bale.

Verb

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Synonyms

bundle

pack

bail

package

📦

parcel

sheaf

bunch

draw

harm

stack

evil

truss

boom

💥

boo

baldness

blonde

block

bald head

ashes

charge

card

bind

dew

dig

ding

disaster

distress

ditch

drain

grass

gauge

burrito

🌯

bash

gangster

gage

funk

bullet

gash

bar

Ghana

🇬🇭

flower

🌸

grata

greeter

greta

fir

has

hay

hemp

herb

🌿

bud

Translations

balla

ballot

bala

Ballen

balle

fardo

fardo

baal

Bündel

enfardar

δέμα

botte

👢

δεμάτι

appallottolare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪ̯l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bale

Inherited from Old English: bealu

Cognate with Low German: bal-

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃

Cognate with Old High German: balo

Cognate with Old Norse: bǫl

In summary

From Middle English bale (“evil”), from Old English bealu, from Proto-West Germanic *balu, from Proto-Germanic *balwą.
Cognate with Low German bal- (“bad, ill”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Old High German balo (“destruction”), Old Norse bǫl (“disaster”).