tale

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 3.4 Verb 4 Ido 4.1 Adverb 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Related terms 6 Kurdish 6.1 Noun 7 Limburgish 7.1 Noun 8 Norwegian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Derived terms 8.1.2 Inflection 8.2 Verb 8.2.1 Derived terms 9 Romanian 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈteɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

[edit] Etymology

Old English talu, related to Danish tale, German Zahl (“‘number’”), Dutch taal (language) and English talk.

[edit] Homophones

• tail

[edit] Noun

tale (plural tales)

1. a type of story.

   the Canterbury Tales

2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
   • 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century

     They proceeded with some rigour, these Custodiars; took written inventories, clapt-on seals, exacted everywhere strict tale and measure

[edit] Translations

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• telltale
• fairy tale, fairytale
• tall tale
• tell tales

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aelt
• et al.
• ETLA
• late, LaTeχ
• leat
• tael
• teal
• tela

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[edit] Afrikaans

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tale

1. Plural form of taal.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse tala

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /taːlə/, [ˈtˢæːlə]

[edit] Noun

tale c. (singular definite talen, plural indefinite taler)

1. speech, talk, address, discourse

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[edit] Verb

tale (imperative tal, infinitive at tale, present tense taler, past tense talte, past participle har talt)

1. To make a speech
2. speak, talk

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tale

1. hence

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[edit] Italian

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Latin talis

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tale m and f (m and f plural tali)

1. such

[edit] Related terms

• talaltro
• talché
• talmente
• talora
• taluno

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[edit] Kurdish

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tale

1. happiness

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[edit] Limburgish

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tale

1. languages

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

tale

1. Speech, talk, address, discourse

[edit] Derived terms

• tordentale
• trontale

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[edit] Verb

tale (present tense taler; past tense talte; past participle talt; present participle talende; imperative tal)

1. To make a speech
2. Speak, talk

[edit] Derived terms

• baktale
• taletrengt

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈta.le]

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tale

1. feminine plural form of tău.

   fiicele tale îmi spuneau despre casa voastră nouă

   your daughters were telling me about your new house.

2. neuter plural form of tău.