taal

See also: tal, tala, Taal, and tål

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch taal, from Middle Dutch tale, from Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːl/

Noun

taal (plural tale)

  1. language

Cebuano

Etymology

From Taal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧al

Noun

taal

  1. the Lake Taal snake (Hydrophis semperi)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tāle, from Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō. Cognate with German Low German Taal (“language”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl
  • IPA(key): /taːl/
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Noun

taal f (plural talen, diminutive taaltje n)

  1. (countable) language (form of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar)
  2. (uncountable) language (capability to communicate with words)
  3. (uncountable) language (means or manner of expression)
  4. (uncountable, countable) language (specific lect or jargon)
  5. (uncountable) language (particular words of a text or speech act)

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Estonian

Noun

taal (genitive taala, partitive taala)

  1. (colloquial) dollar

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Manx

Verb

taal (verbal noun taaley, past participle taalit)

  1. draw
  2. flow
  3. secrete, lactate

West Frisian

Noun

taal c (plural talen, diminutive taaltsje)

  1. (countable) language (form of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar)
  2. (uncountable) language (means or manner of expression)
  3. (uncountable, countable) language (specific lect or jargon)
  4. (uncountable) language (capability to communicate with words)
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