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egal

See also: égal

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.

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egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)

  1. (obsolete) Equal; impartial.

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Danish

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Borrowed from French égal.

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egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)

  1. Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

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East Central German

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egal

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) always
    Synonym: eitl

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:

German

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Etymology

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17th century, from French égal.

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  • IPA(key): /eˈɡaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

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egal (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
    Synonyms: gleichgültig, gleich
    Das ist mir egal. ― That's all the same to me.
    Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. ― I couldn't care less.
  2. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
    Synonyms: derselbe, gleich, identisch
    Das sind zwei egale Hemden. ― These are two identical shirts.

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Indeclinable, predicative-only.

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egal

  1. no matter
    Synonym: gleich
    Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.
    No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.

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egal

  1. expresses indifference
    "Willst du zuerst ins Kino oder ins Café gehen?" "Egal."
    "Do you want to go to the cinema or the cafe first? " "I don't mind."

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  • wumpe (colloquial, dialectal)

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French égal (“equal”).

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egal

  1. equal

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡaːl/, /ɛˈɡaːl/

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egal

  1. equal, equivalent
  2. proportionate; sufficient, adequate, fit, fitting
  3. impartial, just, fair

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  • English: egal (obsolete)

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.

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egal

  1. the same; equal

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

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egal m or n (feminine singular egală, masculine plural egali, feminine and neuter plural egale)

  1. equal, even

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Declension of egal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite egal egală egali egale
definite egalul egala egalii egalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite egal egale egali egale
definite egalului egalei egalelor egalilor
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egal

  1. equally, evenly

Noun

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egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)

  1. an equal, a match

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Declension of egal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) egal egalul (niște) egali egalii
genitive/dative (unui) egal egalului (unor) egali egalilor
vocative egalule egalilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.[1]

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ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional, indeclinable) equal, same
    Synonym: jednak
    Sad smo egal
    Now we are equal, even steven

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ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional) equally, same
    Synonym: jednako

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  1. ^ Hrvatski jezični portal

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egal (not comparable)

  1. unimportant, not mattering
    Det är egalt vilken vi väljer
    It doesn't matter which one we choose
    Det är mig egalt
    It's not important to me / I don't care

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Inflection of egal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular egal — —
Neuter singular egalt — —
Plural egala — —
Masculine plural3 egale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 egale — —
All egala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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