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PAL

noun
/pæl/

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, frater, friar, and vai.

  1. derived from भ्रातृ — “brother”
  2. derived from phral — “brother”
  3. borrowed from pal — “brother, friend”

Definitions

  1. Acronym of phase alternating/alternation/alternated line (TV standard).

  2. Acronym of programmable array logic.

  3. Initialism of phenylalanine ammonia lyase.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. Acronym of permissive-action link.

    2. Acronym of prisoner at large.

    3. Acronym of peer-assisted learning.

    4. Initialism of Police Athletic League.

    5. Initialism of Paedophile Action for Liberation.

    6. Acronym of Philippine Airlines, a flag carrier of the Philippines

    7. A friend, buddy, mate, cobber

      A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.

      • Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.

    8. An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.

      • Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police.
      • Michael De Santa (Ned Luke): You forget a thousand things every day, pal. Make sure this is one of 'em.

    9. Synonym of pal around.

      • As an adult, she moved to New York and palled with trip-hop artist Tricky, who signed her to his own label.
      • There were pictures of Garcia flashing diamond mouth grills. Spewing out a Vesuvius-amount of smoke. Showing off a riot of body tattoos. Aiming guns. Palling with superstars like Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. […]

    10. Alternative form of paul (“kind of tent”).

    11. A language of Papua New Guinea.

    12. Palestine.

    13. Palestinian.

      • Saeb Erekat, who negotiates for Palestine, is one of the most famous Pals in the world.

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Derived

PALplus, anipal, cyberpal, e-pal, galpal, keypal, pal around, Palentine's Day, palimony, pally, pals battalion, palship, palsy, pal up, PayPal, pen pal, sex pal

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for PAL. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA