bale
French, noun/bal/
bale is spelled B-A-L-E (4 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bale is a French feminine noun meaning “chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pellicule qui enveloppe les grains des graminées (blé, avoine, maïs, etc.), utilisée notamment pour…”.
What does bale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pellicule qui enveloppe les grains des graminées (blé, avoine, maïs, etc.), utilisée notamment pour l’alimentation animale.
noun: 1. Pellicule qui enveloppe les grains des graminées (blé, avoine, maïs, etc.), utilisée notamment pour l’alimentation animale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bale
- balle alternative
- bales plural
- bâle
- bâles plural
- bale
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bale?
- /bal/
- \bal\
- \bɑl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bale in French?
bale appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).