noun, feminine/bal/plural: balles
ball; bullet; franc (French franc), euro
“balle de golf” — golf ball
Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (“bundle”).
/bal/
ball; bullet; franc (French franc), euro
“balle de golf” — golf ball
Inherited from Middle French balle, from northern Italian balla. Doublet of balle (“bundle”).
bundle of goods; packet tied and held together with string
Inherited from Middle French balle (“large bundle, package”), from Old French bale (“rolled-up bundle, packet of goods”) and Medieval Latin bala, of Germanic origin. Cognate with English ball. Doublet of Etymology 1.
chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
From Gaulish *balu.