释义 |
Balt /bölt/ noun- A native or inhabitant of the Baltic provinces or states
- A speaker of a Baltic language
- A member of the former land-owning class (of German origin) in the Baltic provinces or states
- An immigrant to Australia from the Baltic or (loosely) Europe generally (Aust inf, often derogatory)
ORIGIN: From the Baltic Sea, from L Baltia Scandinavia Baltˈic adjective - Of the sea separating Scandinavia from the mainland of NE Europe
- Of, denoting or relating to a Balt or Balts
- Belonging or relating to Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania
- (also without cap) extremely cold (informal)
noun The Baltic languages, Lithuanian, Latvian and (extinct) Old Prussian Baltˈo-slavˈ, Baltˈo-slavˈic or Balto-slavonˈic adjective Of a family of Indo-European languages comprising the Slavonic and Baltic languages |