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Date "BALLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
"BALLE" is a common misspelling or typo for: Able, Bale, Baled, Baler, Ball, Ballet, Balls, Belle, Bile. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Balle Prendre la balle au bond (French). Strike while the iron is hot; make hay while the sun shines. The allusion is to certain games at ball, which must be struck at the moment of the rebound. Renvoyer la balle à quelqu'un (French) To pay one off in his own coin. Literally, to strike back the ball to the sender. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Occasion | Seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BALLE |
| Etymologies containing "BALLE": Balloon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BALLE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (rake), French (bale, ball, bullet, chaff, fire, husk, pack, shot, slug, stroke). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Une balle au coeur (1965) Balle perdue (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BALLE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Balle | Last name | 300 | 29,340 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "BALLE": prendre la balle au bond. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
balle | 50 |
balle de match | 11 |
balle molle | 7 |
balle de golf | 5 |
balle de trou | 5 |
balle pelote | 4 |
balle balle | 4 |
balle de jeu | 2 |
balle molle tournoi | 2 |
balle lucille | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BALLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fødebord på en ballebrækker (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paalinavauskoneen syöttöpöytä (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | table de chargement d'un brise-balle mélangeur (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Auflegetisch eines Ballenöffners (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραπέζι τροφοδοσίας ανοικτικού δεμάτων (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allebay mesa de carga dum abridor de fardos (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) tabla de alimentación de una abridora de balas (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) matarbord i balöppnare (feed table of a balle opener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BALLE": balled, baller, ballerina, ballerinas, ballers, ballet, balletic, balletomane, balletomanes, balletomania, balletomanias, ballets. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BALLE": blackballed, broomballer, broomballers, caballed, caballero, caballeros, cannonballed, curveballed, eyeballed, fastballer, fastballers, fireballer, fireballers, footballer, footballers, gimballed, highballed, knuckleballer, knuckleballers, lowballed, mothballed, snowballed, softballer, softballers, speedballed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: label. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-l" | |
-1 letter: able, bale, ball, bell, blae, leal. | |
-2 letters: alb, ale, all, bal, bel, ell, lab, lea. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, al, ba, be, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-l" | |
+1 letter: alible, balled, baller, ballet, befall, begall, bullae, labels, labile, liable. | |
+2 letters: abollae, baleful, ballade, ballers, ballets, ballies, ballute, balneal, barbell, befalls, begalls, bellman, bleakly, braille, bullace, bullate, eyeball, flyable, gabelle, gelable, jellaba, labeled, labeler, labella, liberal, likable, linable, livable, lobelia, losable, lovable, pliable, relabel, rubella, rulable, salable. | |
+3 letters: alliable, bailable, balkline, ballades, balletic, ballgame, ballonet, ballonne, balloted, balloter, ballsier, ballutes, balmlike, barbells, bargello, baseball, bastille, beadroll, beanball, befallen, begalled, billable, billhead, blackleg, blamable, blameful, blearily, blueball, boilable, brailled, brailles, brucella, bullaces, bullhead, caballed, callable, closable, clubable, culpable, djellaba, eyeballs, fallible, fellable, fileable, filmable, fireball, flabella, foilable, foldable, furlable, gabelled, gabelles, glabella, gullable, handbell, harebell, healable, heelball, helpable, holdable, isolable, jellabas, labelers, labeling, labelled, labeller, labellum, lamblike, lapsable, lapsible, laudable, leasable, lendable, leviable, libelant, liberals, lienable, liftable, likeable, lineable, linkable, listable, liveable, loanable, lobately, lobelias, lobulate, lockable, loveable, loveably, mailable, meatball, meltable, millable, mislabel, moldable, oblately, palpable, peelable, placable, playable, plowable, reelable, relabels, reliable, reliably, rubellas, sailable, saleable, saleably, salvable, scalable, sealable, sellable, slablike, slakable, slidable, solvable, syllable, tableful, talkable, tellable, tillable, tiltable, umbellar, umbrella, valuable, verbally, violable, walkable, weldable, willable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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