val

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

val (countable and uncountable, plural vals)

1. (informal) Valium.
   • 1997 May 29, Kate Sholl, “Re: MED: Pain relief in Neck?”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia, Usenet‎:

     and i must be on that list of people that need to get knocked over with a hammer 'cause vicodin and val don't knock me out.

   • 1998 December 29, rob [username], “Re: Depression and MS(leg/feet burning pain)”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis, Usenet‎:

     I would think though that whatever the reason for a panic attack valium would be great. I know that if my house was on fire and I was on 15mg of val It^[sic] would take a lot more energy than I had, to panic. ;^)

   • 2002 June 28, FllSpdAhd1 [username], “Re: Valium?”, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Usenet‎:

     I'm a medic and phenobarb is the primary drug for true seizures, but the OP states the cat presents seizure like behavior at the sound of her voice. I don't know where any of you are from, but we don't treat seizures with val.

Anagrams

• AVL, Vla., lav

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

val m

1. bulwark, rampart

Further reading

• val in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• val in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl
• IPA^(key): /vɑl/

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Etymology 1

From the verb vallen (“to fall”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Anagrams

• vla

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

Noun

val n (genitive singular vals, plural val)

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

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/

Noun

val m (plural vaux)

1. (literary) valley, vale

See also

• vallée
• VAL

Further reading

• “val” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val f (plural valis)

1. valley

Etymology

From Old Portuguese val, from Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val m (plural vales)

1. valley

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

val n

1. choice
2. selection

Noun

val f (invariable)

1. Apocopic form of valle

Alternative forms

• (Courland) va'l

Etymology

Related to Finnish valo.

Noun

val

1. light

Etymology

Old High German val

Noun

val m

1. fall
2. (grammar) case
   • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln, Der meide krancz (Codex Palatinus germanicus (Cod. Pal. germ.) 14)

     Wÿ man dy namen brechen ſol

     Nach iren vellen hin czu cal

     [the following verses contain a declension of Petrus (genitive Petri, dative Petro, accusative Petrum, vocative Petre and ablative Petro)]

     How one shall inflect/decline (literally break) the nouns

     After their cases over to number

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse valr (“the fallen”).

References

• “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse val.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːl/

Noun

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?

See also

• valg (Bokmål)

References

• “val” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• vaul

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val m (oblique plural vaus or vax or vals, nominative singular vaus or vax or vals, nominative plural val)

1. valley

Noun

val m

1. fall

Verb

val

1. (Portugal) third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer

Noun

val m (plural vales)

1. Apocopic form of vale: valley

Etymology 1

From a Common Slavic valŭ (Proto-Slavic *valъ), from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- (“to turn, roll”). Compare Serbo-Croatian val; cf. also Albanian valë.

Etymology 2

From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart”), probably a later borrowing; cf. German Wall, Italian vallo, also English wall

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val f (plural vals)

1. valley

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːl/

Noun

vȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ва̑л)

1. wave

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋáːl/
• Tonal orthography: vȃl

Noun

vál m inan (genitive vála, nominative plural valôvi or váli)

1. wave, undulation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal/, /ˈβal/

Noun

val m (plural valles)

1. Apocopic form of valle valley

Verb

val

1. Apocopic form of vale: is worth

   mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val. (val rhymes with hogar, assonant rhyme)

   there's no place like home.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse val.

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/
• Hyphenation: vàl

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val f (plural val)

1. valley