"Balt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɒlt/, /bɔːlt/, /bɔlt/, /bɑlt/ Forms: Balts [plural]
enPR: bŏlt, bôlt, bält Rhymes: -ɒlt, -ɔːlt Etymology: From Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|LL.|Balthae}} Late Latin Balthae Head templates: {{en-noun}} Balt (plural Balts)
  1. An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic people, especially including ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians or Prussians, but generally not including ethnic Belarusians, Estonians, Germans, Jews, Livonians, Poles, Russians, Swedes or Tatars who have also inhabited or currently inhabit the modern Baltic states.
    Sense id: en-Balt-en-noun-UH9yUH4M Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 41 18
  2. A native speaker of one of the Baltic languages: Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian, Sudovian and related languages.
    Sense id: en-Balt-en-noun-I84TQzsP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 42 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 60 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 60 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 51 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 59 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 53 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 62 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 19 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 59 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 53 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 23 50 27
  3. (rare) An inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia. Tags: rare Translations (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states): bàltic [masculine] (Catalan), bàltica [feminine] (Catalan), balter [common-gender] (Danish), baltti (Finnish), Balte [feminine, masculine] (French), ბალტი (balṭi) (Georgian), Balte [masculine] (German), Baltin [feminine] (German), balti (Hungarian), baltico [masculine] (Italian), baltica [feminine] (Italian), balter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), baltar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Bałt [masculine] (Polish), Bałtyjka [feminine] (Polish), báltico [masculine] (Spanish), báltica [feminine] (Spanish), balt [common-gender] (Swedish), baltiska (note: only woman) [common-gender] (Swedish), Baltwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Balt-en-noun-oODmw-JE Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of 'inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states': 29 21 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Baltic, Baltica, Balto-Slavic

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bałtyjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "báltico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "báltica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "balt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "only woman",
      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "baltiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baltwr"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Balts"
  ],
  "word": "Balt"
}

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