tal

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

Amal

Noun

tal

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t̪al]

Noun

tal (plural taljo)

pigeon

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tal (masculine and feminine plural tals)

such (like this, that)
Synonym: semblant

Alternative forms

aital (obsolete)

Derived terms

com a tal
i tal
tal com
tal dit tal fet
tal faràs, tal trobaràs
tal i tal
talment
tal qual

Adverb

tal

like that, in that way

Derived terms

per tal de
per tal que
tal com

Pronoun

tal

anything, whatever

References

“tal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“tal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“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

Noun

tal n

valley

References

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

Coatepec Nahuatl

Pronoun

tal

you

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tal

willow

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal/, [ˈtˢal]

Noun

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.

Inflection

Declension of tal

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

References

“tal” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːˀl/, [ˈtˢæˀl]

Verb

tal

imperative of tale

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑl

Determiner

tal

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

Noun

tal n (plural tallen)

A number.
A quantity.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

aantal
jaartal
overtal
talloos
talrijk
tiental
tweetal
viertal

Anagrams

alt, lat

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːl/
Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Noun

tal n (genitive singular tals, plural tøl)

number
(grammar) number

Declension

Declension of tal
n5	singular		plural
n5	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

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tal, from Latin talis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtal]

Pronoun

tal

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

Derived terms

talmente

Adjective

tal m or f (plural tals)

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

References

“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.

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)

speech, talk, the act of talking
a conversation
count, number
Mennirnir voru hundrað talsins.
The men were a hundred all told.

Declension

declension of tal

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

Italian

Determiner

tal (apocopated)

Apocopic form of tale

Mangas

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tāl/

Noun

tal

sun

References

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

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tal

sour

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tal

imperative of tale

Noun

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

Etymology

From Old Norse tal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɐ̞ːl], [tʰɐ̞ːɽ]

Noun

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

number, numeral

Derived terms

dødstal
folketal
romartal
talrik

References

“tal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

tal n or m

valley

Descendants

Middle High German: tal
- Alemannic German: Tall
- German: Tal
- Hunsrik: Daal
- Luxembourgish: Dall
- Mòcheno: tol
- Pennsylvania German: Daal
- Yiddish: טאָל‎ (tol)

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)

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, […]
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.
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, […]
(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
neuter	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.

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)

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

Polish

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: tal

Noun

tal m inan

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw/ [ˈtaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/ [ˈtaɫ]

Homophone: tau (Brazil)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: tal

Determiner

tal m or f (plural tais)

such

Derived terms

e tal
que tal

Noun

tal m or f by sense (plural tais)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tal.

Romanian

Etymology

From French thalle.

Noun

tal n (plural taluri)

thallus

Declension

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

atal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin tālis. Compare French tel.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tal (plural tales)

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

Derived terms

como si tal cosa
con tal de
con tal que
otro de tal
qué tal
tal como
tal día como hoy
talmente
tal para cual
tal vez
tal y como
y tal

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Noun

tal n

(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
(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
about 30 protesters

Declension

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

Derived terms

avtal
flyttal
medeltal
otal
talande (tungomålstalande)
talare
talför
talförmåga
tungotal

Related terms

tala
tälja

Anagrams

lat, lat.

Tatar

Noun

tal

willow

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

(Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /tʰäl/

Verb

tal

(intransitive) to come
¿Bu likemottal?
Where do you come from?
(literally, “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.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Early modern borrowing of English tall

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tal/

Adjective

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

tall

Antonyms

byr

Derived terms

taldra

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

tâl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːl/

Noun

tal m (plural talau or taloedd)

end, edge
forehead, brow, eyebrow

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taːl/

Noun

tal m (plural taliadau)

Alternative spelling of tâl (“pay, payment”)

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.

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔl/

Noun

tal n (plural tallen)

number, amount
Synonym: oantal
(grammar) grammatical number

Derived terms

iental
meartal