Wall
See also: wall and wall-
English
Etymology 1
Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.
Proper noun
Wall
- A surname.
Etymology 2
A translation of Mandarin Chinese 壁宿 (Bìxiù)
Proper noun
Wall
- (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
Anagrams
- lawl
German
Etymology
From Middle High German, from Latin vallum. Cognate with English wall.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /val/
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
Wall m (genitive Walls or Walles, plural Wälle)
- (military) rampart, parapet, earthwork
- (engineering) levee, embankment
- (geography) ridge
Synonyms
- (military): Schanze
- (engineering): Damm
- (geography): Kamm