baile

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese baile (“dance”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪli/

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baile (uncountable)

1. (usually "baile funk") A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
   • 2006 August 25, Jessica Hopper, “Stick This in Your iTunes”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     The irreverent banger "Hey You" repos Balkan brass and sets it to pure Chicago juke step, which bleeds into a colossal baile beat and, for good measure, some trashy Eurotrance.

   • 2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     He has been borrowing from Brazilian baile funk for years, and the first release on his new record label, Mad Descent, is by the Brazilian group Bonde do Role.

• Baile funk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See bail.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪl/

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baile (plural bailes)

1. Archaic spelling of bail.

• Albie

baile m (plural bailes)

1. bail

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance

baile

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bailar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bailar

Back-formation from bailar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbajlɪ]

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance
2. ball (a formal dance)

baile

1. inflection of bailar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baile, from Old French bailif (“bailiff”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbajlɪ]

baile m (plural bailes)

1. (archaic) bailiff

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baile”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baile”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baile”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baile”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baile”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠalʲə/^[1]
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːlʲə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠalə/, /ˈbˠælə/^[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠælʲə/; /ˈbˠɛlʲə/, [ˈbˠelʲə]^[3]

Inherited from Old Irish baile (“homestead, town”).^[4]

baile m (genitive singular baile, nominative plural bailte)

1. home.
2. a settlement.
3. a town or a village.

   Phós sí fear as baile isteach.

   She married a man from out of town.

• Alternative plural: bailteacha (Cois Fharraige), bailtí, bailtíocha

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “baile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “baile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

baile f sg

1. genitive singular of bail

baile f

1. (archaic) nominative singular of bailes

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalʲe]

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *baliyos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, grow”), see also Proto-Germanic *bōþlą (“dwelling, abode, lair”).^[1]

baile m (genitive baili, nominative plural baili)

1. place, homestead, town, city

• bailech

• Irish: baile
• Manx: balley
• Scottish Gaelic: baile

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

baile m or f

1. vision
2. supernaturally induced frenzy or madness

As masculine:

As feminine:

• Irish: buile
• Scottish Gaelic: boile

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 baile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• Rhymes: -ajli, -ajlɨ
• Hyphenation: bai‧le

Inherited from Late Latin ballō, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “throw”).

baile m (plural bailes)

1. ball (a formal dance)
2. (Brazil) any dancing event (not necessarily formal)

   Synonyms: bailarico, baileco, balada, festa

3. (Portugal, colloquial) an embarrassing situation where one party is completely dominated by another

• bailão
• dar um baile
• levar um baile

• → English: baile

baile

1. inflection of bailar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Inherited from Old Irish baile.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥alə/^[2]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ælʌ/^[3]

baile m (genitive singular baile, plural bailtean)

1. village, town, city

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “baile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaile/ [ˈbai̯.le]

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• Rhymes: -aile
• Syllabification: bai‧le

Deverbal from bailar.

baile m (plural bailes)

1. dance (a sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music)

   Synonym: danza

2. dance (a social gathering where dancing is the main activity)
3. ball (a formal dance)
4. dance (the art, profession, and study of dancing)

• → Bikol Central: bayle
• → Cebuano: bayle
• → Tagalog: bayle

baile

1. inflection of bailar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “baile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024