egal

See also: égal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French égal. See equal.

Adjective

egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)

  1. (obsolete) equal; impartial

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)

  1. Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

Derived terms

  • egalisere
  • egalitet
  • uegal

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡaːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

egal (comparative egaler, superlative am egalsten)

  1. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
    Das ist mir egal. - That's all the same to me.
    Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. ‑ I couldn't care less.
  2. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, matching, alike
    Das sind zwei egale Hemden. ‑ These are two matching shirts.

Declension

Comparative forms of egal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist egaler sie ist egaler es ist egaler sie sind egaler
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative egalerer egalere egaleres egalere
genitive egaleren egalerer egaleren egalerer
dative egalerem egalerer egalerem egaleren
accusative egaleren egalere egaleres egalere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der egalere die egalere das egalere die egaleren
genitive des egaleren der egaleren des egaleren der egaleren
dative dem egaleren der egaleren dem egaleren den egaleren
accusative den egaleren die egalere das egalere die egaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein egalerer eine egalere ein egaleres (keine) egaleren
genitive eines egaleren einer egaleren eines egaleren (keiner) egaleren
dative einem egaleren einer egaleren einem egaleren (keinen) egaleren
accusative einen egaleren eine egalere ein egaleres (keine) egaleren

Adverb

egal

  1. no matter
    Egal was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.
    No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.

Derived terms

Synonyms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French égal (“equal”).

Adjective

egal

  1. equal

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.

Adjective

egal

  1. the same; equal

Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡal/

Adjective

egal m, n (feminine singular egală, masculine plural egali, feminine and neuter plural egale)

  1. equal, even

Declension

Adverb

egal

  1. equally, evenly

Noun

egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)

  1. an equal, a match

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.[1]

Adjective

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional, indeclinable) equal, same
    Sad smo egal
    Now we are equal, the same

Synonyms

Adverb

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional) equally, same

Synonyms

References

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