tal
Amal edit
Noun edit
tal
References edit
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan tal, from Latin tālis. Compare Occitan tal, French tel, Spanish tal.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tals)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
tal
- like that, in that way
Derived terms edit
Pronoun edit
tal
References edit
- “tal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian edit
Noun edit
tal n
References edit
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Coatepec Nahuatl edit
Pronoun edit
tal
Crimean Tatar edit
Noun edit
tal
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tall, Swedish tal, Dutch tal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)
- number
- figure
- digit
- numeral
- (after a multiple of 100) Denoting a century.
- Han levede i 1800-tallet.
- He lived in the 19th century.
- Han levede i 1800-tallet.
Declension edit
References edit
- “tal” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tal
- imperative of tale
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tal, from Old Dutch *tal, from Proto-West Germanic *tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
tal
Noun edit
tal n (plural tallen)
Usage notes edit
Tal is almost never used to say 'number', getal and nummer are used instead.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Eastern Durango Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
tal
Epigraphic Mayan edit
Verb edit
tal
- to come
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)
Declension edit
Declension of tal | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tal | talið | tøl | tølini |
accusative | tal | talið | tøl | tølini |
dative | tali | talinum | tølum | tølunum |
genitive | tals | talsins | tala | talanna |
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin talis.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
tal
- such
- Nunca tal vin ― I've never seen such [a thing]
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
tal m or f (plural tales)
- such
- Nunca tal cousa vin ― I've never seen such a thing
References edit
- “tal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “tal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Highland Puebla Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
tal
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (genitive singular tals, nominative plural töl)
- speech, talk, the act of talking
- a conversation
- count, number
- Mennirnir voru hundrað talsins.
- The men were a hundred all told.
Declension edit
See also edit
- búktal
- vita ekki aura sinna tal (to wallow in money)
- taka engu tali (to be beyond description)
- berast í tal (to crop up in a conversation, to be mentioned)
- færa í tal (to bring something up)
- ná tali af (to get to talk to something)
- vera á tali (of a phone; to be engaged, to be busy)
- viðtal
- talsetja
- talsetning
Italian edit
Determiner edit
tal (apocopated)
Maltese edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tal (imperfect jtul, past participle mitul)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tal | ||||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | talt | talt | tal | talna | taltu | talu | |
f | talet | |||||||
imperfect | m | ntul | ttul | jtul | ntulu | ttulu | jtulu | |
f | ttul | |||||||
imperative | tul | tulu |
Mangas edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal
References edit
- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective edit
tal
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
tal
- imperative of tale
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala or talene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tall
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- tall (Bokmål)
References edit
- “tal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *tālu, from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“deception, deceit, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to take aim, calculate, damage, count”). Cognate with Latin dolus (“deception, strategem, trap”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tāl f
- evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
- (religious) blasphemy
- reproach
- scorn, derision, mocking
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *dalą, whence also Old English dæl, Old Norse dalr.
Noun edit
tal n or m
Descendants edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (genitive tals, plural tǫl)
- a talk, parley, conversation
- Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196:
- […] kom hún enn til konúngs, ok sátu þau jarl öll samt á tali, […]
- […] but she came to the king, and yet sat all the jarls in talks, […]
- Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196:
- speech, language
- Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204:
- Sneri hann þa nafni Josephs ok kalladi hann heimsins hialpara upp aa Egiptalandz tal ok tungu.
- He turned then, speaking Joseph's name and calling him home for help in speech and tongue of Egyptian lands.
- Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204:
- a tale, number, enumeration
- (especially in compounds) a tale, list, series
- Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99:
- […] þa ſkolo fara a þing oc bioða ſic i tal með oðrom monnom.
- […] then shall go to the Thing and enter the lists with other men.
- Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99:
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- talandi (“elocution”)
- talhlýðinn (“credulous”)
- talvíss (“wise in numbers”)
- talsverðr (“worth counting, considerable”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tal”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tal in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- tal in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Pipil edit
Etymology edit
Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- land, ground
- Tiktukat ne shupanmil keman ne tal waktuk
- For the rainy season, we plant the corn when the ground has dried up
- earth, dirt, soil
- Tikwiwitat iwan tal pal tiktukat ka senkak
- We uproot it keeping some soil (on the roots) to plant it somewhere else
- terrain, field, region, country
- Ashan ne Nawat semaya munutza tik ini tal
- Now Nawat (Pipil) is only spoken in this country
Pochutec edit
Etymology edit
Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”).
Noun edit
tal
Polish edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal m inan
- thallium (chemical element, Tl, atomic number 81)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- tal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“demonstrative pronoun”). Displaced collateral form atal.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
tal m or f (plural tais)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tal m or f by sense (plural tais)
- one
- Percebi que ele era o tal. ― I realised he was the one.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tal.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tal n (plural taluri)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin tālis. Compare French tel.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)
- such
- No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.
- There's no such thing as monsters.
Pronoun edit
tal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tales)
- such
- Es la jefa, y es importante que la trates como tal.
- She's the boss, and it's important that you treat her as such.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “tal” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish tal, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
tal n
- (mathematics) number
- Hyponyms: naturligt tal, heltal, rationellt tal, reellt tal, komplext tal, hyperkomplext tal, superreellt tal, bråktal, blandat tal, kardinaltal, defekt tal, perfekt tal, primtal, sammansatt tal, vänskapliga tal, ymnigt tal, algebraiskt tal, transcendent tal
- reellt tal
- real number
- (school) An exercise involving calculations given to the pupil, especially at lower levels.
- Hur många tal fick ni i matteläxa idag?
- How many math exercises did you have as homework today?
- speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
- speech; a long oral message given publicly
- (as a suffix) around (for round numbers)
- ett 30-tal demonstranter
- around 30 protesters
- (as a suffix, in the definite "talet") the specified decade, century, or (rarely) millennium
- åttiotalet / 80-talet
- the eighties
- nollnolltalet / 00-talet
- the 00s
- 1890-talet
- the 1890s
- det sena 60-talet
- the late sixties
- artonhunradratalet / 1800-talet
- the nineteenth century
Declension edit
Declension of tal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tal | talet | tal | talen |
Genitive | tals | talets | tals | talens |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- tal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tatar edit
Noun edit
tal
Tzotzil edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tal
- (intransitive) to come
Synonyms edit
- (Zinacantán) yul
Derived terms edit
(Nouns)
References edit
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Welsh edit
Etymology 1 edit
Early modern borrowing of English tall
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tal (feminine singular tal, plural talion, equative taled, comparative talach, superlative talaf)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Proto-Celtic *talos, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”). Compare Irish talamh, Latin tellūs, Sanskrit तल (tala).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal m (plural talau or taloedd)
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal m (plural taliadau)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tal | dal | nhal | thal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tal n (plural tallen)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yucatec Maya edit
Verb edit
tal (intransitive)