talg

See also: Talg and tɑlg

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German talch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talj/, [tˢalˀj]

Noun

talg c (singular definite talgen, not used in plural form)

1. tallow
2. suet

References

• “talg” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• talk (only for “tallow”)

Etymology

Borrowed in the sense “sebum” in the early 20th century from German Talg (“tallow; sebum”), from Middle Low German talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz. For “tallow”, the standard Dutch form was talk, but the borrowed form is now preferred in this sense as well, probably in order to avoid the homophony with talk (“talc”). This development may have been reinforced by inherited dialectal forms with -g, from Middle Dutch talch, which had been unused in written Dutch since the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑlx/

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• Rhymes: -ɑlx

Noun

talg m (uncountable)

1. sebum; skin fat
2. tallow

Derived terms

• talgklier

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg

Noun

talg f or m (definite singular talga or talgen, uncountable)

1. tallow

References

• “talg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg

Noun

talg m (definite singular talgen, uncountable)
talg f (definite singular talga, uncountable)

1. tallow

References

• “talg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.