paal

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

• IPA^(key): /pɑːl/

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

1. post, pole, beam

• doelpaal
• paaldanser

• → Tsonga: pala
• → Xhosa: ipala

páal

1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

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

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

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

• Afrikaans: paal
  • → Tsonga: pala
  • → Xhosa: ipala
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pál
• → Caribbean Javanese: pal
• → Guyanese Creole English: paal
• → Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)
• → Papiamentu: palu

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

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

1. peel, baker's instrument

   Synonym: ovenpaal

• palen
• handpaal
• koekepaal
• paaloren
• paaloore

Borrowed French pâle (“pale”).

paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)

1. pale
2. faded, discolored

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paal

1. first-person singular present indicative of palen
2. imperative of palen

paal

1. (Laven and Juk) shoulder

• 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)

paal (plural paalalo'ob)

1. child