tal

See also: Tal, tál, tâl, tål, -tal, -tál, taal, and tall

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Amal

Noun

tal

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan tal), from Latin tālis (compare French tel, Spanish tal).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/

Adjective

tal (masculine and feminine plural tals)

1. such (like this, that)

Derived terms

• com a tal
• tal i tal

Adverb

tal

1. like that, in thay way

Derived terms

• per tal de
• per tal que

Pronoun

tal

1. anything, whatever

Further reading

• “tal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cimbrian

Noun

tal n

1. valley

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

tal

1. willow

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal/, [tˢal]

Noun

tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)

1. number
2. figure
3. digit
4. numeral

Inflection

Declension of tal

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	tallet	tal	tallene
genitive	tals	tallets	tals	tallenes

Etymology 2

See tale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːl/, [tˢæːˀl]

Verb

tal

1. imperative of tale

References

• “tal” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑl

Determiner

tal

1. (~ van) numerous, many, lots

   Je hebt tal van mogelijkheden - You have lots of possibilities

Noun

tal n (plural tallen)

1. number

Usage notes

Tal is almost never used to say 'number', getal and nummer are used instead.

Derived terms

• aantal
• tiental
• tweetal
• viertal
• talloos
• talrijk

Anagrams

• alt, lat

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Noun

tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

1. number
2. (grammar) number

Declension

Declension of tal
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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

tal n (genitive singular tals, nominative plural töl)

1. speech, talk, the act of talking
2. a conversation
3. count, number

   Mennirnir voru hundrað talsins.

   The men were a hundred all told.

Declension

declension of tal

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	talið	töl	tölin
accusative	tal	talið	töl	tölin
dative	tali	talinu	tölum	tölunum
genitive	tals	talsins	tala	talanna

See also

• 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

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Kurdish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tal

1. sour

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tal

1. imperative of tale

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tal

Noun

tal n (definite singular talet, indefinite plural tal, definite plural tala)

1. number, numeral

Derived terms

• dødstal
• folketal
• romartal
• talrik

See also

• tall (Bokmål)

References

• “tal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Determiner

tal

1. Shortened form of tali

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą, whence also Old English dæl, Old Norse dalr.

Noun

tal ?

1. valley

Descendants

• German: Tal
• Mòcheno: tol

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl/

Noun

tal n (genitive tals, plural tǫl)

1. 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, […]

2. 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.

3. a tale, number, enumeration
   • Barlaams Saga 137, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 133:

     Hon er oc i tale með oðrum himintunglum, […]

     She is in that number with other heavenly bodies, […]

4. (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.

Declension

  Declension of tal (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tal	talit	tǫl	tǫlin
accusative	tal	talit	tǫl	tǫlin
dative	tali	talinu	tǫlum	tǫlunum
genitive	tals	talsins	tala	talanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from tal

• talandi (“elocution”)
• talhlýðinn (“credulous”)

• talvíss (“wise in numbers”)
• talsverðr (“worth counting, considerable”)

Related terms

• tala (“talk, speech”)
• tala (“to talk, speak”)

• tali (“teller, counter”)

Descendants

• Danish: tal n
• Elfdalian: tal n
• Faroese: tal n
• Icelandic: tal n

• Norwegian Bokmål: tall n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tal n
• Swedish: tal n (Old Swedish tal)

References

• 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.

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Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːl/
• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/
• (Jicalapa) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɬʲ/

Noun

tāl (plural tālmet or tajtāl)

1. land, ground

   Tiktukat ne shupanmil keman ne tal waktuk

   For the rainy season, we plant the corn when the ground has dried up

2. earth, dirt, soil

   Tikwiwitat iwan tal pal tiktukat ka senkak

   We uproot it keeping some soil (on the roots) to plant it somewhere else

3. terrain, field, region, country

   Ashan ne Nawat semaya munutza tik ini tal

   Now Nawat (Pipil) is only spoken in this country

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

Chemical element
Tl	Previous: rtęć (Hg)
	Next: ołów (Pb)

tal m inan

1. thallium (chemical element, Tl, atomic number 81)

Declension

declension of tal

	singular
nominative	tal
genitive	talu
dative	talowi
accusative	tal
instrumental	talem
locative	talu
vocative	talu

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“demonstrative pronoun”). Displaced collateral form atal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/
• Hyphenation: tal
• Rhymes: -aw

Pronoun

tal

1. such

Derived terms

• e tal
• que tal

Noun

tal m, f (plural tais)

1. one

   Percebi que ele era o tal. ― I realised he was the one.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tālis. Compare French tel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtal/, [ˈt̪al]

Adjective

tal (plural tales)

1. such

Derived terms

• qué tal
• tal como
• tal vez
• y tal

Further reading

• “tal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tal, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tal n

1. (mathematics) number

   reellt tal

   real number

2. (school) An exercise involving calculations given to the pupil, especially at lower levels.

   Hur många tal fick ni i matteläxa idag?

   How many maths exercises did you have as homework today?

3. speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
4. speech; a long oral message given publicly

Declension

Declension of tal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tal	talet	tal	talen
Genitive	tals	talets	tals	talens

Related terms

• flyttal
• heltal
• medeltal
• otal
• tala
• talande
• talare
• talför
• talförmåga
• tungomålstalande
• tungotal

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Tatar

Noun

tal

1. willow

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Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /tʰäl/

Verb

tal

1. (intransitive) to come

   ¿Bu likemot tal? - Where do you come from? (lit. where have you come?)

Synonyms

• (Zinacantán) yul

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• talel

References

• 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.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal/

Adjective

tal (feminine singular tal, plural tal)

1. tall

Antonyms

• byr

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.