Ball

"Ball" in French

bal

(formal dance)

balle

(solid or hollow sphere)

balle

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

balle

(baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone)

balle

(ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile)

ballon

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

bille

(pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play)

boule

(solid or hollow sphere)

boule

(object, generally spherical, used for playing games)

boule

(mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point)

boulet

(ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile)

burne

(testicle — see also testicle)

conneries

(mildly vulgar slang: nonsense)

couille

(testicle — see also testicle)

couilles

(in plural — slang — courage)

glaoui

(testicle — see also testicle)

idioties

(mildly vulgar slang: nonsense)

pelote

(quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape)

rouston

(testicle — see also testicle)

débroussailler la tranchée

(vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with)

forniquer

(vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with)

tirer son coup

(vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.