"ball" meaning in Englisch

See ball in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: bɔːl Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-ball.wav , En-au-ball.ogg , En-us-ball.ogg Forms: the ball [singular], the balls [plural]
Rhymes: ɔːl
  1. Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen)
    Sense id: de-ball-en-noun-LQJolH5-
  2. Kugel
    Sense id: de-ball-en-noun-0V6RRKV1
  3. Eier (Hoden) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: de-ball-en-noun--MHv21ff
  4. Ball (Veranstaltung)
    Sense id: de-ball-en-noun-EJWgbxZ-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: testicle Derived forms: baseball, basketball, dodgeball, football, softball, ballroom, ball bearing, cannonball, snowball Translations (Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen)): balle (Französisch) Translations (Ball (Veranstaltung)): bal (Französisch) Translations (Kugel): balle (Französisch), boule (Französisch)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "baseball"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "basketball"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dodgeball"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "football"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "softball"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "ballroom"
    },
    {
      "word": "ball bearing"
    },
    {
      "word": "cannonball"
    },
    {
      "word": "snowball"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "have a ball"
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "text": "Have you got a ball?",
          "translation": "Hast du einen Ball?"
        }
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    },
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        {
          "text": "I bought some balls for the Christmas tree.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Kugel"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Next week there's a ball at our school.",
          "translation": "Nächste Woche ist ein Ball an unserer Schule."
        }
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        "Ball (Veranstaltung)"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen)",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "balle"
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      "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "balle"
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      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Kugel",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense_index": "4",
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    },
    {
      "word": "ball bearing"
    },
    {
      "word": "cannonball"
    },
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      "word": "snowball"
    }
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    }
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    },
    {
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
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          "text": "Have you got a ball?",
          "translation": "Hast du einen Ball?"
        }
      ],
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        "Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I bought some balls for the Christmas tree.",
          "translation": "Ich habe ein paar Kugeln für den Weihnachtsbaum gekauft."
        }
      ],
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        "Kugel"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
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        "Eier (Hoden)"
      ],
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        "vulgär"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Next week there's a ball at our school.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Ball (Veranstaltung)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "testicle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen)",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "balle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Kugel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "balle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Kugel",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "boule"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Ball (Veranstaltung)",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "bal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball"
}

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