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bailes

bailes is the plural of baile.

Meaning of baile

Noun

baile (uncountable)

  1. A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca
    • The irreverent banger "Hey You" repos Balkan brass and sets it to pure Chicago juke step, which bleeds into a colossal baile beat and, for good measure, some trashy Eurotrance.2006 August 25, Jessica Hopper, “Stick This in Your iTunes”, in Chicago Reader

Proper noun capitalized: Bailes

Bailes

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Forms of bailes

alternative formBayles
alternative formBaylis
alternative formBayliss

Origin of bailes

From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).

Questions about bailes

What does bailes mean?
Bailes means a surname originating as an occupation.
What is bailes the plural of?
Bailes is the plural of baile.
What part of speech is bailes?
Bailes is a proper noun.

Words near bailes in the dictionary

  1. bailed up
  2. bailee
  3. bailees
  4. bailer
  5. bailers
  6. bailes
  7. bailey
  8. Bailey bridge
  9. Bailey bridges
  10. Bailey County
  11. Bailey Island

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bailes (page history and authors); Bailes (page history and authors); baile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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