val

See also Val, väl, văl, and -val

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

val m (plural vals)

1. voucher

Verb

val

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of valer.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of valer.

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Czech

Noun

val m

1. bulwark, rampart

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl
• IPA: /vɑl/

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Etymology

From the verb vallen (“to fall”).

Noun

val m (plural vallen, diminutive valletje)

1. fall (act of falling)
2. downfall, demise
3. trap, snare
4. (in compounds) casus
5. (in compounds) nightfall

Synonyms

• (demise): ondergang

Derived terms

• (act of falling): regenval, sneeuwval, waterval
• (demise): bouwval
• (trap): valkuil, valstrik
• (in compounds: casus): geval, maatval, naamval, rijmval, toonval, verzenval
• (in compounds: nightfall): avondval, nachtval, valavond, valuur

Verb

val

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallen
2. imperative of vallen

Anagrams

• vla

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Faroese

Noun

val n (genitive singular vals, plural val)

1. choice
2. (politics) election
3. quality

Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	val	valið	val	valini
Accusative	val	valið	val	valini
Dative	vali	valinum	valum	valunum
Genitive	vals	valsins	vala	valanna

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French

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /val/, X-SAMPA: /val/

Noun

val m (plural vals or vaux)

1. (old-fashioned) valley

See also

• vallée
• VAL

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Galician

Noun

val m (plural vales)

1. valley

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

val n

1. choice
2. selection

Declension

declension of val

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	val	valið	völ	völin
accusative	val	valið	völ	völin
dative	vali	valinu	völum	völunum
genitive	vals	valsins	vala	valanna

Derived terms

• náttúruval
• kynbundið val

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Italian

Noun

val f (invariable)

1. apocopic form of valle

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Lojban

Rafsi

val

1. rafsi of valsi.

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaðill (“ford, shallow water”).

Noun

val

1. inlet, shallow bay

Inflection

    Inflection of val

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	val	valen	valer	valene
Nynorsk m	val	valen	valar	valane

References

• “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse valr (“the fallen”).

Noun

val

1. (poetic) battlefield

Inflection

    Inflection of val

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	val	valen	valer	valene
Nynorsk m	val	valen	valar	valane

References

• “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse val.

Verb

val n (definite singular valet; indefinite plural val; definite plural vala)

1. a choice

   Du har ikkje noko val.

   You don't have a choice.

2. election

   Kven skal du røysta på til valet?

   Who are you going to vote for in the election?

Synonyms

• (election) røysting

References

• “val” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vaul

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val m (oblique plural vaus, nominative singular vaus, nominative plural val)

1. valley

Descendants

• English: vale (borrowed)
• French: val

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Old High German

Noun

val m

1. fall

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Slavonic valŭ (Proto-Slavic *valъ), from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- (“to turn, roll”).

Noun

val n (plural valuri)

1. wave

Synonyms

• undă

Etymology 2

From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart”).

Noun

val n (plural valuri)

1. earth rampart which served in antiquity as a military stronghold

See also

• văl

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val f (plural vals)

1. valley

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *valъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- (“to turn, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋâːl/

Noun

vȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ва̑л)

1. wave

Declension

    declension of val

	singular	plural
nominative	val	valovi
genitive	vala	valova
dative	valu	valovima
accusative	val	valove
vocative	vale	valovi
locative	valu	valovima
instrumental	valom	valovima

Synonyms

• tȁlās

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbal/, /ˈβal/

Noun

val m (plural valles)

1. apocopic form of valle valley

Synonyms

• valle

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: vɑːl

• audio

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Noun

val c

1. a whale

Declension

Declension of val

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	val	valen	valar	valarna
genitive	vals	valens	valars	valarnas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse val.

Noun

val n

1. an election
2. a choice

Declension

Declension of val

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	val	valet	val	valen
genitive	vals	valets	vals	valens