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ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
 balle, ballon
  • A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
 balle, boule, ballon
  • A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
 pelote
  • (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
 balle
  • (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
 boule, ballon
  • (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
 couille, burne, conneries, glaoui, idioties, rouston
  • (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
 balle, boulet
  • (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
 bille
  • (in the plural) Courage.
 couilles

ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • A formal dance.
 bal, balle

balls adverb

  /bɑlz/ , /bɔːlz/
  • (slang) Very. Intensifier.
 putain de

ball verb

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (transitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
 débroussailler la tranchée, faire une partie de jambes en l’air, forniquer, tirer son coup

balls noun

  /bɑlz/ , /bɔːlz/
  • (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
 couilles, balloches, burnes, roustons, valseuses
if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille, si ma tante en avait, on l'appellerait mon oncle
bust someone's balls
briser les couilles, casser les couilles, les briser, les casser
balls to the wall
à fond la caisse
bust one's balls
se casser le cul
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
froid de canard
Ben Wa balls
boules de geisha
base on balls
but sur balles
grow some balls
prendre ses couilles en main
break someone’s balls
casser les couilles
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