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English
Alternative forms
- balla (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")
Etymology
ball + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
baller (plural ballers)
- A kitchenware utensil for cutting ball-shaped pieces of foods.
- Hyponym: melon baller
fruit baller
- A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
- (slang) One who plays basketball (US) or association football (UK); a basketballer or footballer.
1995, Skee-Lo (lyrics and music), “I Wish”:I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller.
2009 July 17, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Obama Tells Fellow Blacks: ‘No Excuses’ for Any Failure”, in New York Times:I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.
Did you see that car? He’s such a baller.
- (vulgar) A person having sexual intercourse.
Adjective
baller (comparative more baller, superlative most baller)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Very cool, especially due to extravagance.
2004, “Black Stacey”, in Saul Williams, performed by Saul Williams:All you baller playa's got some insecurities too / That you could cover up, bling it up, cash in and cha-ching it up
2014, Kele Moon, The Viper, →ISBN:(Being an OG is not as baller as you'd think.)
2015 December 11, Viputheshwar Sitaraman, “Q&A: Mahbod Moghadam — Cofounder, Everipedia”, in HuffPost:The most baller Los Angeles investor, Paige Craig, doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, but you can find out everything about him on his Everipedia page. Are you going to be pitching him?
2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries, →ISBN:Had dinner with the Arkins at Giuliana's restaurant, RPM, which is like a nightclub. They put a security guard in front of our booth, which felt very baller.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Compare Spanish bailar, Italian ballare.
Pronunciation
Verb
baller
- to dance with one's arms swinging
- to swing or sway; to dangle
Conjugation
infinitive
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simple
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baller
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compound
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avoir + past participle
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present participle or gerund1
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simple
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ballant /ba.lɑ̃/
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compound
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ayant + past participle
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past participle
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ballé /ba.le/
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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balle /bal/
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balles /bal/
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balle /bal/
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ballons /ba.lɔ̃/
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ballez /ba.le/
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ballent /bal/
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imperfect
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ballais /ba.lɛ/
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ballais /ba.lɛ/
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ballait /ba.lɛ/
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ballions /ba.ljɔ̃/
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balliez /ba.lje/
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ballaient /ba.lɛ/
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past historic2
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ballai /ba.le/
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ballas /ba.la/
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balla /ba.la/
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ballâmes /ba.lam/
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ballâtes /ba.lat/
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ballèrent /ba.lɛʁ/
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future
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ballerai /bal.ʁe/
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balleras /bal.ʁa/
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ballera /bal.ʁa/
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ballerons /bal.ʁɔ̃/
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ballerez /bal.ʁe/
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balleront /bal.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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ballerais /bal.ʁɛ/
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ballerais /bal.ʁɛ/
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ballerait /bal.ʁɛ/
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ballerions /ba.lə.ʁjɔ̃/
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balleriez /ba.lə.ʁje/
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balleraient /bal.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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balle /bal/
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balles /bal/
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balle /bal/
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ballions /ba.ljɔ̃/
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balliez /ba.lje/
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ballent /bal/
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imperfect2
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ballasse /ba.las/
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ballasses /ba.las/
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ballât /ba.la/
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ballassions /ba.la.sjɔ̃/
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ballassiez /ba.la.sje/
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ballassent /ba.las/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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balle /bal/
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—
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ballons /ba.lɔ̃/
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ballez /ba.le/
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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Further reading
German
Verb
baller
- inflection of ballern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
baller m
- indefinite plural of ball
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
baller n
- indefinite plural of ball (Etymology 2)