pal
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
PAL
abbr.
phase alternation (or alternating) line
pal
(păl) Informaln.
A friend; a chum.
intr.v. palled, pal·ling, pals
To associate as friends or chums. Often used with around.
Word History: The word pal comes from the Indic language of the Romani people. First recorded in English in the second half of the 1700s, pal was borrowed from a Romani word meaning "brother, comrade," which occurs as phal in the Romani spoken in England and phral in the Romani spoken in continental Europe. The Romani speak an Indic language because they originally migrated to Europe from the border region between Iran and India. In other Indic languages we find related words meaning "brother," such as Hindu and Urdu bhāī, and they all come from Sanskrit bhrātā, which in turn traces its ancestry to the same Indo-European word that our word brother does.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
pal
(pæl)n
1. a close friend; comrade
2. an accomplice
vb, pals, palling or palled
(intr; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends
[C17: from English Gypsy: brother, ultimately from Sanskrit bhrātar brother]
PAL
(pæl)n acronym for
(Telecommunications) phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pal
(pæl)n., v. palled, pal•ling. Informal. n.
1. a close friend; comrade; chum.
v.i. 2. to associate as pals.
[1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral « Skt bhrātṛ brother]
Pal.
Palestine.
pal.
1. paleography.
2. paleontology.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
pal
Past participle: palled
Gerund: palling
| Imperative |
|---|
| pal |
| pal |
| Present |
|---|
| I pal |
| you pal |
| he/she/it pals |
| we pal |
| you pal |
| they pal |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I palled |
| you palled |
| he/she/it palled |
| we palled |
| you palled |
| they palled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am palling |
| you are palling |
| he/she/it is palling |
| we are palling |
| you are palling |
| they are palling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have palled |
| you have palled |
| he/she/it has palled |
| we have palled |
| you have palled |
| they have palled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was palling |
| you were palling |
| he/she/it was palling |
| we were palling |
| you were palling |
| they were palling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had palled |
| you had palled |
| he/she/it had palled |
| we had palled |
| you had palled |
| they had palled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pal |
| you will pal |
| he/she/it will pal |
| we will pal |
| you will pal |
| they will pal |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have palled |
| you will have palled |
| he/she/it will have palled |
| we will have palled |
| you will have palled |
| they will have palled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be palling |
| you will be palling |
| he/she/it will be palling |
| we will be palling |
| you will be palling |
| they will be palling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been palling |
| you have been palling |
| he/she/it has been palling |
| we have been palling |
| you have been palling |
| they have been palling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been palling |
| you will have been palling |
| he/she/it will have been palling |
| we will have been palling |
| you will have been palling |
| they will have been palling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been palling |
| you had been palling |
| he/she/it had been palling |
| we had been palling |
| you had been palling |
| they had been palling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pal |
| you would pal |
| he/she/it would pal |
| we would pal |
| you would pal |
| they would pal |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have palled |
| you would have palled |
| he/she/it would have palled |
| we would have palled |
| you would have palled |
| they would have palled |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun 1. [画像:pal - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities]pal - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
cobber - Australian term for a pal
friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
Verb 1. pal - become friends; act friendly towards
befriend - become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
pal
noun (Informal) friend, companion, mate (informal), buddy (informal), comrade, chum (informal), crony, cock (Brit. informal), main man (slang, chiefly U.S.), homeboy (slang, chiefly U.S.), cobber (Austral. or old-fashioned N.Z. informal), boon companion We've been pals for years.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
pal
noun1. A person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts:
Slang: sidekick.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
صَديقصَدِيقٌ
kamarád-ka
kammeratven
kaveri
prijatelj
félagi
友だち
친구
bičiuliškas
biedrsdraugs
tovariš
kompis
เพื่อนสนิท
bạn thân
pal
[pæl] N → amigo/a m/f, compinche mf, cuate/a m/f (Mex) , pata mf (Peru)be a pal! → ¡venga, pórtate como un amigo!
they're great pals → son muy amigos
old pals' act → acto m de amiguismo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
PAL
[ˈpæl] n abbr (=phase alternation line) → PAL mpal
[ˈpæl] n (= friend) → copain (copine)mfthe boy who saved his best pal from drowning → le garçon qui a sauvé son meilleur copain de la noyade
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pal
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pal
(pӕl) noun an informal word for a friend. My son brought a pal home for tea. vriend صَديق приятел amigo kamarád, -ka der Kumpel kammerat φίλος amigo, colega semu رفیق kamu copain/-ine חבר मित्र dobar prijatelj haver teman félagi amico 仲よし 친구, 동무 bičiulis, draugužis draugs; biedrs kawan vriend kompis, kamerat kompan, kumpel ملګړی compincha tovarăş; prieten приятель kamarát, -ka prijatelj drugar kamrat, kompis เพื่อนฝูง arkadaş, ahbap 夥伴 приятель, товариш يار bạn 伙伴
ˈpally adjective friendly. They've become very pally. vriendelik وُدّي، صَديق приятелски amigo kamarádský freundlich kammeratlig φιλικός amigo sõbralik, sõbrutsev دوستانه kaverillinen copain avec qqn חברותי मित्रता prijateljski haverkodó bersahabat vinalegur amico 仲のよい 친한 bičiuliškas draudzīgs mesra vriendschappelijk kameratslig przyjacielski, zaprzyjaźniony ملګړټیا amigo apropiat свойский kamarátsky prijateljski drugarski kamratlig, bundis ซึ่งเป็นมิตร dost, senli benli (俚)親密的 товариський, компанійський دوستانہ، يارانہ thân mật 亲密的
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pal
→ صَدِيقٌ kamarád ven Kumpel φιλαράκος compinche kaveri pote prijatelj amico 友だち 친구 makker kompis kumpel camarada друг kompis เพื่อนสนิท yakın dost bạn thân 伙伴Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009