Balt

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noun

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.

OriginEnglish Balticbf. ← Latin Balticus ← Medieval Latin Balthae plbf. →
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Meanings

nounBalt (plural Balts)

plural Balts

  1. 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.
  2. A native speaker of one of the Baltic languages: Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian, Sudovian and related languages.
  3. rareAn inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Balto-Slavic*bálˀtasbor.?
  2. Medieval LatinBalthae plbf.
  3. LatinBalthae
  4. LatinBalticus
  5. EnglishBalticbf.
  6. EnglishBalt

Back-formation from Baltic and/or Medieval Latin and Late Latin Balthae; see Baltic for more.

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Translations

Catalan bàltic, bàltica
  • bàlticinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • bàlticainhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Danish balter
  • balterinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Finnish baltti
  • balttiinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
French Balte
  • Balteinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
German Balte, Baltin
  • Balteinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • Baltininhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Hungarian balti
  • baltiinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Italian baltico, baltica
  • balticoinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • balticainhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Norwegian Bokmål balter
  • balterinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Polish Bałt, Bałtyjka
  • Bałtinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • Bałtyjkainhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Spanish báltico, báltica
  • bálticoinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • bálticainhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Swedish balt, baltiska
  • baltinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
  • baltiskainhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states
Welsh Baltwr
  • Baltwrinhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Balt

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Balt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balt

MLA

“Balt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balt.

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