"pal" meaning in English

See pal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pal/ [UK], /pæl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav [US] Forms: pals [plural]
Rhymes: -æl Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{catlangname|en|terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr}}, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{dercat|en|inc-pro|iir-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor|en|rme|pal|t=brother, friend}} Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), {{der|en|rom|phral|t=brother}} Romani phral (“brother”), {{der|en|sa|भ्रातृ|t=brother}} Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”), {{doublet|en|bhai|brother|frater|friar}} Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar Head templates: {{en-noun}} pal (plural pals)
  1. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. Tags: colloquial Translations ((colloquial) a friend): приятел (prijatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), при́јател (príjatel) [masculine] (Macedonian), Schlockat [masculine] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-pal-en-noun-FSuvxHV6 Disambiguation of '(colloquial) a friend': 74 26
  2. (colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pal-en-noun-ReK1Oz~o Disambiguation of People: 1 63 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 65 25 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 5 89 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anipal, e-pal, galpal, pal around, palimony, pals battalion, pal up, pen pal

Verb

IPA: /pal/ [UK], /pæl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav [US] Forms: pals [present, singular, third-person], palling [participle, present], palled [participle, past], palled [past]
Rhymes: -æl Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{catlangname|en|terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr}}, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{dercat|en|inc-pro|iir-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor|en|rme|pal|t=brother, friend}} Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), {{der|en|rom|phral|t=brother}} Romani phral (“brother”), {{der|en|sa|भ्रातृ|t=brother}} Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”), {{doublet|en|bhai|brother|frater|friar}} Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar Head templates: {{en-verb}} pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)
  1. Synonym of pal around Synonyms: pal around [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: palsy-walsy, pal up, pal care
    Sense id: en-pal-en-verb-Ov2i6N0a

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pal meaning in English (9.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anipal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "e-pal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "galpal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pal around"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "palimony"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pals battalion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pal up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pen pal"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "pêl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Afrikaans: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Afrikaans: pêl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "catlangname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "iir-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rme",
        "3": "pal",
        "t": "brother, friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rom",
        "3": "phral",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral (“brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "भ्रातृ",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bhai",
        "3": "brother",
        "4": "frater",
        "5": "friar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr\nBorrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pal (plural pals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Little Timmy's out playing with his pals."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with."
      ],
      "id": "en-pal-en-noun-FSuvxHV6",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "buddy",
          "buddy"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ],
        [
          "cobber",
          "cobber"
        ],
        [
          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prijatel",
          "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "приятел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "príjatel",
          "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "при́јател"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlockat"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 65 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 89 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms of address",
          "parents": [
            "Terms of address",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 63 36",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way."
      ],
      "id": "en-pal-en-noun-ReK1Oz~o",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pow (some regions)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pal"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "catlangname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "iir-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rme",
        "3": "pal",
        "t": "brother, friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rom",
        "3": "phral",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral (“brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "भ्रातृ",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bhai",
        "3": "brother",
        "4": "frater",
        "5": "friar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr\nBorrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pals",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 November 26, Evan Schlansky, “Song Premiere: Ife Sanchez Mora, Hopeful Heart”, in American Songwriter",
          "text": "As an adult, she moved to New York and palled with trip-hop artist Tricky, who signed her to his own label.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 21, Kyle Swenson, “The rise and fall of Miami’s ‘CEO of Purple Drank’”, in The Washington Post",
          "text": "There were pictures of Garcia flashing diamond mouth grills. Spewing out a Vesuvius-amount of smoke. Showing off a riot of body tattoos. Aiming guns. Palling with superstars like Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 30, Ryan Mac, “How Tesla CEO Elon Musk Won His \"Pedo Guy\" Trial”, in BuzzFeed News",
          "text": "In the trial, they showed photographs and videos of Unsworth being congratulated by the UK prime minister, palling with Thai government officials, and smiling while Prince William pinned him with an MBE, an appointment to the Order of the British Empire.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 March 4, Graham Rayman, “Roger Stone said he never saw NYPD cop bodyguard with a gun or shield — video shows otherwise”, in New York Daily News",
          "text": "Greco also palled with Stone’s friend “Manhattan Madam” Kristin Davis, who was convicted of prostitution-related activities and selling prescription drugs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of pal around"
      ],
      "id": "en-pal-en-verb-Ov2i6N0a",
      "links": [
        [
          "pal around",
          "pal around#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "palsy-walsy"
        },
        {
          "word": "pal up"
        },
        {
          "word": "pal care"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "pal around"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pow (some regions)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pal"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English endearing terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Angloromani",
    "English terms derived from Angloromani",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "English terms derived from Romani",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æl",
    "Rhymes:English/æl/1 syllable",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anipal"
    },
    {
      "word": "e-pal"
    },
    {
      "word": "galpal"
    },
    {
      "word": "pal around"
    },
    {
      "word": "palimony"
    },
    {
      "word": "pals battalion"
    },
    {
      "word": "pal up"
    },
    {
      "word": "pen pal"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "pêl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Afrikaans: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Afrikaans: pêl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "catlangname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "iir-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rme",
        "3": "pal",
        "t": "brother, friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rom",
        "3": "phral",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral (“brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "भ्रातृ",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bhai",
        "3": "brother",
        "4": "frater",
        "5": "friar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr\nBorrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pal (plural pals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Little Timmy's out playing with his pals."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "buddy",
          "buddy"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ],
        [
          "cobber",
          "cobber"
        ],
        [
          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pow (some regions)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prijatel",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приятел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "príjatel",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́јател"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a friend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlockat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pal"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English endearing terms",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Angloromani",
    "English terms derived from Angloromani",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "English terms derived from Romani",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æl",
    "Rhymes:English/æl/1 syllable",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "catlangname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "iir-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rme",
        "3": "pal",
        "t": "brother, friend"
      },
      "expansion": "Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rom",
        "3": "phral",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Romani phral (“brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "भ्रातृ",
        "t": "brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bhai",
        "3": "brother",
        "4": "frater",
        "5": "friar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *bʰréh₂tēr\nBorrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, and friar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pals",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "palled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "palsy-walsy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pal up"
    },
    {
      "word": "pal care"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 November 26, Evan Schlansky, “Song Premiere: Ife Sanchez Mora, Hopeful Heart”, in American Songwriter",
          "text": "As an adult, she moved to New York and palled with trip-hop artist Tricky, who signed her to his own label.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 21, Kyle Swenson, “The rise and fall of Miami’s ‘CEO of Purple Drank’”, in The Washington Post",
          "text": "There were pictures of Garcia flashing diamond mouth grills. Spewing out a Vesuvius-amount of smoke. Showing off a riot of body tattoos. Aiming guns. Palling with superstars like Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 30, Ryan Mac, “How Tesla CEO Elon Musk Won His \"Pedo Guy\" Trial”, in BuzzFeed News",
          "text": "In the trial, they showed photographs and videos of Unsworth being congratulated by the UK prime minister, palling with Thai government officials, and smiling while Prince William pinned him with an MBE, an appointment to the Order of the British Empire.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 March 4, Graham Rayman, “Roger Stone said he never saw NYPD cop bodyguard with a gun or shield — video shows otherwise”, in New York Daily News",
          "text": "Greco also palled with Stone’s friend “Manhattan Madam” Kristin Davis, who was convicted of prostitution-related activities and selling prescription drugs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of pal around"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pal around",
          "pal around#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "pal around"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pow (some regions)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-pal.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pal"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.