Balt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- bält (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɑlt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɔlt/ (US)
- /bɒlt/ (UK)
- /bɔːlt/ (UK)
- bŏlt (UK)
- bôlt (UK)
- bôlt (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtasbor.? Germanicbor.? Medieval Latin Balthae plbf. ▲ Latin Balthaeder. Latin Balticusbor. English Balticbf. English Balt Back-formation from Baltic and/or Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic for more.
Meanings
- An ethnic descendant of the Indo-European Baltic people, especially including ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians or Prussians, but generally not including ethnic Belarusians, Estonians, Germans, Jews, Livonians, Poles, Russians, Swedes or Tatars who have also inhabited or currently inhabit the modern Baltic states.
- A native speaker of one of the Baltic languages: Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian, Sudovian and related languages.
- (rare) An inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Balto-Slavic · Balto- · Baltica · Baltic
Translations (20)
sv baltiska (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · da balter (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · de Balte (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · cy Baltwr (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · fi baltti (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · fr Balte (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · nb balter (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · ka ბალტი (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · sv balt (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · es báltica (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · ca bàltic (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · de Baltin (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · pl Bałtyjka (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · ca bàltica (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · nn baltar (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · hu balti (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · pl Bałt (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · it baltico (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · es báltico (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) · it baltica (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states)