balla

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) large bundle, bale, reap
2. (feminine) falsehood, lie, malarkey
3. (feminine, plural-normally, vulgar) testicle, bollock

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of ballare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of ballare:

Concepts

bale

nonsense

rubbish

balderdash

lie

sheaf

untruth

walloper

whopper

bundle

pack

package

📦

prevarication

Synonyms

fandonia

baggianata

frottola

fola

bugia

collo

menzogna

panzana

fardello

panzanata

insensateza

scemenza

ciancia

balordaggine

Translations

sottise

fardo

ballot

connerie

fadaise

foutaise

bêtise

fardo

couillonnade

bobard

fardell

farcell

nounounerie

Ballen

balle

Hyphenated as

bàl‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbal.la/

Etymology

Uncertain.
* From Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish *ballu.
* From Lombardic *palla, *balla.
Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla. Cognate with Sicilian baḍḍa, whence the dialectal doublet badda.