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Detailed Translations for ball from English to French

ball:

ball [the ~] nom

  1. the ball (sphere; pellet; globe)
    – a solid projectile that is shot by a musket 1
    la petite boule
  2. the ball
    – round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games 1
    la balle; le ballon
  3. the ball (ball of wool)
    la boule; le ballon; la pelote
  4. the ball
    – a lavish dance requiring formal attire 1
    le bal
    • bal [le ~] nom
  5. the ball (gala)
    – a lavish dance requiring formal attire 1
    la soirée dansante; le bal; le gala
  6. the ball (globe; sphere)
    – an object with a spherical shape 1
    le globe; la sphère
  7. the ball (testicle)
    – one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens 1
    la couille; le testicule

Translation Matrix for ball:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bal ball; gala court ball; court gala; dress-ball; formal ball; gala; grand ball; state ball
balle ball bale; bullet; chaff; pellet; puppet; toy
ballon ball; ball of wool balloon; marble stopper bottle; round stopper bottle
boule ball; ball of wool bowling ball; bulge; bump; globular form; hump; lump; spherical shape; swelling
couille ball; testicle
gala ball; gala court ball; court gala; dress-ball; formal ball; gala; gala night; gala performance; grand ball; social evening; state ball
globe ball; globe; sphere earth; globe; globular form; pomeroy; spherical shape
pelote ball; ball of wool bun; fives; kind of hand-ball; knot; palm-play
petite boule ball; globe; pellet; sphere
soirée dansante ball; gala
sphère ball; globe; sphere atmosphere; circle; circlet; circular shape; earth; gang; globe; globular form; group; panel; party; pomeroy; ring; spherical shape; team
testicule ball; testicle testicle; testis
- ballock; bollock; chunk; clod; clump; egg; formal; glob; globe; lump; musket ball; nut; orb; orchis; testicle; testis
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- testicle

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Related Definitions for "ball":

  1. a pitch that is not in the strike zone1
    • he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him1
  2. the game of baseball1
  3. round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games1
    • the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve1
    • the mayor threw out the first ball1
    • the ball rolled into the corner pocket1
  4. a spherical object used as a plaything1
    • he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub1
  5. a solid projectile that is shot by a musket1
    • they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball1
  6. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens1
    • she kicked him in the balls and got away1
  7. a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass1
    • the ball at the base of the thumb1
    • he stood on the balls of his feet1
  8. a lavish dance requiring formal attire1
  9. a compact mass1
    • a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder1
  10. the people assembled at a lavish formal dance1
    • the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded1
  11. an object with a spherical shape1
    • a ball of fire1
  12. form into a ball by winding or rolling1
    • ball wool1

Wiktionary Translations for ball:

ball
noun
  1. formal dance
  2. in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense
  3. in plural — slang — courage
  4. testicle
  5. mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point
  6. ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile
  7. baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone
  8. quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape
  9. solid or hollow sphere
ball
noun
  1. réunion, assemblée où l’on danser.
  2. Objet sphérique.
  3. grosse balle pour jouer
  4. Boule servant au jeu de billard (2)
  5. Petite sphère d’acier (3)
  6. Corps rond en tous sens, généralement plein
  7. Testicules
  8. Intérieur d’une sphère
  9. Testicule
  10. géométrie|fr surface dans l’espace à trois dimensions dont tous les points sont situés à une même distance d’un point appelé centre.
  11. glande génitale

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
ball bal Ball — Tanzveranstaltung
ball couille Ei — (umgangssprachlich) meist im Plural verwendet: die Hoden
ball boule; balle Kugelallgemein: dreidimensionales rundes Objekt, im Gegensatz zum Ball meist hart
ball boule KugelGeometrie: Volumen, das von einem Rand umgeben wird, dessen Punkte alle den gleichen Abstand von einem Punkt (Mittelpunkt) besitzen
ball baballe; blair; ballon; blaire; nase; naze; nac; na; nacre; nacque; nacriou; naque; loulou; tableau; crapaud; loup; morviat; morviot; morviau Nille — (umgangssprachlich) im übertragenen Sinne zu [1a]: Ball zum Fußballspielen, Fußball
ball bal bal — een danspartij
ball ballon; balle bal — een object in de vorm van een bol dat gebruikt wordt bij balspelen

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