Balt
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Balt
- /bɒlt/ UK
- /bɔːlt/ UK
- /bɔlt/ US
- /bɑlt/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒlt, -ɔːlt
Where it comes from
Back-formation from Baltic and/or Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic for more.
noun Balts
- 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.
- An inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia.
Translations
Talk about this word "Balt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/balt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Balt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/balt "Balt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/balt.Cite this
@misc{balt_2026,
title = {Balt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balt},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
