Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A friend; a chum.
- v. To associate as friends or chums. Often used with around.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Middle English form of pale.
- n. Partner; mate; chum; accomplice.
- n. An abbreviation of Palestine
- n. of paleontology.
Wiktionary
- n. colloquial A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
- v. Be friends with, hang around with.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Slang A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.
WordNet 3.0
- v. become friends; act friendly towards
- n. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Etymologies
- From Angloromani phal, from Romani phral, from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates also include English brother, Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phratēr), Latin frater. (Wiktionary)
- Romany phral, phal, from Sanskrit bhrātā, bhrātr-, brother. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He also has been featured as Bryce, the spy responsible for his title pal's plight, on NBC's "Chuck.”
“Scott is just as interesting to watch dramatically as he is comedically," says O'Loughlin, impressed by what he calls his pal's "deep reservoir of emotions.”
“We were not appalled when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party as a Nazi (a good place for a Nazi uniform - on a dickhead at a piss-up), and we are not appalled by what he called his pal Ahmed Raza Khan.”
“But the counter-argument is that this is one of several derivations that are used in many countries, with no derogatory meaning – often in the same way someone could be called "pal" or "mate".”
The Guardian: Language barrier delays case of what Luis Suárez said to Patrice Evra
“When Amanda's mother learns that her daughter's strange pal is rumored to be half ape, she shrieks -- wait for it -- "You can't have a monkey as your best friend.”
The Washington Post: "Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales
“Begala says his pal is "a sensitive guy," and he wasn't surprised when Emanuel choked up while talking about his parents during an East Room ceremony marking his departure.”
The Washington Post: The oversimplified coverage of 'tough-talking' Rahm Emanuel
“I use npo facebook or myspace, instead of it I use twitter and tagged to stay social with my cyber pal, is there any information with offerpal I can really make “ONLINE MONEY” with them and do they accept paypal for this.?”
“A woodsmans pal is a unique and very usefull blade that makes a great gift!”
Any new must have Christmas Gift Ideas for sportsmen out there???
“Another Clinton pal is busted and charged with financial hanky panky.”
“So after fees and auto sales taxes up front, the addition income tax liability of $4500, the looming car payments for the next 60 months and the depreciation of the vehicle during that time span, my pal is looking to save a total of (conservative estimate) - $14,600.”
Reconciling the paradox: how popular *is* Cash-for-Clunkers? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Lists
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Loanwords
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
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3 Letter Words
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Headlinese
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The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
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Twitter favourites
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Activated Phonemes
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Nullologue
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The things they carried (List 2)
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