paal

See also: Pål, and pa'al

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːl/

Noun

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

1. post, pole, beam

Derived terms

• doelpaal
• paaldanser

Descendants

• → Tsonga: pala
• → Xhosa: ipala

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Cahuilla

Noun

páal

1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːl/
• Hyphenation: paal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Noun

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

1. post, stake, pole, pile
2. (sports) goalpost

   Synonym: doelpaal

3. (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
4. (euphemistic) erect phallus
5. an Indonesian measure of distance

Derived terms

• bepalen
• doelpaal
• grenspaal
• laadpaal
• lantaarnpaal
• mijlpaal
• paaldans
• paalfundering
• paalvast
• paalwerk
• paalwoning
• paalworm
• schandpaal
• strandpaal
• als een paal boven water staan
• paal en perk stellen aan
• voor paal staan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: paal
  • → Tsonga: pala
  • → Xhosa: ipala
• → Papiamentu: palu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

1. peel, baker's instrument

   Synonym: ovenpaal

Derived terms

• palen
• handpaal
• koekepaal
• paaloren
• paaloore

Etymology 3

Borrowed French pâle (“pale”).

Adjective

paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)

1. pale
2. faded, discolored

Inflection

Declension of paal
uninflected	paal
inflected	pale
comparative	paler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		paal	paler	het paalst het paalste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	pale	palere	paalste
	n. sing.	paal	paler	paalste
	plural	pale	palere	paalste
definite		pale	palere	paalste
partitive		paals	palers	—

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paal

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of palen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of palen

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Laven

Noun

paal

1. (Laven and Juk) shoulder

Further reading

• Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)