Feminine

balle

Sentences
An user
La   balle   pouvait   être   en   bois
🪵
  ou   en   pierre
🪨
.

The ball could be made of wood or stone.

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) ball
  2. (feminine) bullet
  3. (colloquial, feminine) franc (French franc), euro

Concepts

ball
bullet
chaff
ammunition
bale
husk
shot
shell
🐚
slug
sphere
casing
globe
handball
projectile
ammo

bulet

marble
munition
pack
packet
parcel
pellet

baseball game

rock
🪨
round
glume
shoot
formal
baseball
⚾
smoke

musket ball

stone
🪨
tracer
Ball
break point

random shot

fastball

Lucille Ball

hull
hummer
heater
Synonyms

ballon
B2
boule
B2
bal
B1
cartouche
C2
bille
C2
projectile
24k
munition
36k
sphère
C2
munitions
B2

balle de fusil

colis
C1
boulet
C2
couille
C2
grain
C1
joyau
C2
pierre
B1
🪨
testicule
26k
tirer
A2

jouer au ballon

jouer au football

miracle
B1

vannure

Lucille Ball

vannée
C2

ball

ballot
32k
baseball
B2
bol
B2
chauffage
C1
coque
C1
🐚
coquille
C2
🐚
cosse
football
B2
fumée
B2
fumer
B1
globe
C1
gosse
B1
🧒
Translations

Kugel
bala
palla
Ball
bola
bala
top
kogel
mermi
bala
pilota
pallottola
pelota

σφαίρα

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bal/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
balle
Cognate with English
English
ball
In summary

Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (Etymology 2).

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