"ball" meaning in Swedish

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbalː/
Etymology: Attested since 1966. Possibly from a dialectal variant of archaic båld (“bold”, in dialects also “beautiful”), from Old Norse ballr (cognate with English bold). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|ballr}} Old Norse ballr, {{cog|en|bold}} English bold Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective}} ball Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ball [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], ballare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], ballast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], ballt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], ballare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], ballast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], balla [indefinite, plural, positive], ballare [comparative, indefinite, plural], ballast [indefinite, plural, superlative], balle [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], ballare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], ballast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], balle [definite, masculine, positive, singular], ballare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], ballaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], balla [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], ballare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], ballaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. (slang) cool Tags: slang Synonyms: cool, tuff, häftig
    Sense id: en-ball-sv-adj-w0BFwaHb Categories (other): Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ballr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ballr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bold"
      },
      "expansion": "English bold",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since 1966. Possibly from a dialectal variant of archaic båld (“bold”, in dialects also “beautiful”), from Old Norse ballr (cognate with English bold).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-adj-reg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "ball",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It's cool to ride a skateboard",
          "text": "Det är ballt att åka skateboard",
          "translation": "It's cool to ride a skateboard",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cool"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-sv-adj-w0BFwaHb",
      "links": [
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) cool"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cool"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuff"
        },
        {
          "word": "häftig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ballr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ballr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bold"
      },
      "expansion": "English bold",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since 1966. Possibly from a dialectal variant of archaic båld (“bold”, in dialects also “beautiful”), from Old Norse ballr (cognate with English bold).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-adj-reg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballaste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "ball",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 14 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish adjectives",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish slang",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It's cool to ride a skateboard",
          "text": "Det är ballt att åka skateboard",
          "translation": "It's cool to ride a skateboard",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cool"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) cool"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cool"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuff"
        },
        {
          "word": "häftig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ball meaning in Swedish (3.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'common singular'",
  "path": [
    "ball"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ball",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
  "path": [
    "ball"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ball",
  "trace": ""
}

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