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paal

Pronunciation: /paːl/

“paal” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. post, stake, pole, pile
  2. goalpost
  3. pale, perpendicular stripe
  4. erect phallus
  5. an Indonesian measure of distance
  6. peel, baker's instrument

adjective

  1. pale
  2. faded, discolored

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

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