Wiktionary

tal

See also: Tal, tál, tâl, tål, ťal, -tal, and -tál

AmalEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. woman

ReferencesEdit

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

BurushaskiEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal (plural taljo)

  1. pigeon

ReferencesEdit

Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎[1].

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan tal, from Latin tālem. Compare Occitan tal, French tel, Spanish tal.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal (masculine and feminine plural tals)

  1. such (like this, that)
    Synonym: semblant

Alternative formsEdit

Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

tal

  1. like that, in that way

Derived termsEdit

PronounEdit

tal

  1. anything, whatever

ReferencesEdit

CimbrianEdit

NounEdit

tal n

  1. valley

ReferencesEdit

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

Coatepec NahuatlEdit

PronounEdit

tal

  1. you

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. willow

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tall, Swedish tal, Dutch tal.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal n (singular definite tallet, plural indefinite tal)

  1. number
  2. figure
  3. digit
  4. numeral
  5. (after a multiple of 100) Denoting a century.
    Han levede i 1800-tallet.
    He lived in the 19th century.
InflectionEdit
Declension of tal
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tal tallet tal tallene
genitive tals tallets tals tallenes

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /taːˀl/, [ˈtˢæˀl]

VerbEdit

tal

  1. imperative of tale

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch tal, from Old Dutch *tal, from Proto-West Germanic *tal, from Proto-Germanic *talą.

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

DeterminerEdit

tal

  1. (~ van) numerous, many, lots
    Je hebt tal van mogelijkheden - You have lots of possibilities

NounEdit

tal n (plural tallen)

  1. A number.
  2. A quantity.

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

Eastern Durango NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. land

Epigraphic MayanEdit

VerbEdit

tal

  1. to come

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

  1. number
  2. (grammar) number

DeclensionEdit

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

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese tal, from Latin talis.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

tal

  1. such
    Nunca tal vin ― I've never seen such [a thing]

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal m or f (plural tals)

  1. such
    Nunca tal cousa vin ― I've never seen such a thing

ReferencesEdit

  • “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 NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. land

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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 alsoEdit

ItalianEdit

DeterminerEdit

tal (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of tale

MangasEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. sun

ReferencesEdit

  • Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Northern KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal

  1. sour

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

tal

  1. imperative of tale

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

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

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tall

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tal.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [tʰɐ̞ːl], [tʰɐ̞ːɽ]

NounEdit

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

  1. number, numeral

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

tal n or m

  1. valley

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle High German: tal

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

  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 termsEdit

Terms derived from tal

Related termsEdit

  • tala (“talk, speech”)
  • tala (“to talk, speak”)
  • tali (“teller, counter”)

DescendantsEdit

  • 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)

ReferencesEdit

  • “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.

PipilEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

PochutecEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“land”).

NounEdit

tal

  1. land

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Chemical element
Tl
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Next: ołów (Pb)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

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

Further readingEdit

  • tal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tal m or f (plural tais)

  1. such

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

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

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tal.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French thalle.

NounEdit

tal n (plural taluri)

  1. thallus

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tal talul (niște) taluri talurile
genitive/dative (unui) tal talului (unor) taluri talurilor
vocative talule talurilor

SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tālis. Compare French tel.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtal/ [ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tal

AdjectiveEdit

tal (plural tales)

  1. such
    No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.
    There's no such thing as monsters.

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal n

  1. (mathematics) number
    reellt tal
    real 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
  2. (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?
  3. speech; the ability to use vocalizations to communicate
  4. speech; a long oral message given publicly
  5. (as a suffix) around (for round numbers)
    ett 30-tal demonstranter
    about 30 protesters

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

TatarEdit

NounEdit

tal

  1. willow

TzotzilEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /tʰäl/

VerbEdit

tal

  1. (intransitive) to come
    ¿Bu likemot tal?
    Where do you come from?
    (literally, “Where have you come?”)

SynonymsEdit

  • (Zinacantán) yul

Derived termsEdit

(Nouns)

ReferencesEdit

WelshEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Early modern borrowing of English tall

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tal (feminine singular tal, plural talion, equative taled, comparative talach, superlative talaf)

  1. tall
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Proto-Celtic *talos, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”). Compare Irish talamh, Latin tellūs, Sanskrit तल (tala).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal m (plural talau or taloedd)

  1. end, edge
  2. forehead, brow, eyebrow

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal m (plural taliadau)

  1. Alternative spelling of tâl (“pay, payment”)

MutationEdit

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.

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tal n (plural tallen)

  1. number, amount
    Synonym: oantal
  2. (grammar) grammatical number

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “tal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yucatec MayaEdit

VerbEdit

tal

  1. to come
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