égal

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French egal, igal, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin aequālis, displacing inherited Old French evel, ivel, oel, uel. Alternatively, and even more likely, borrowed from Old Occitan egal, where this phonetic outcome is regular. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ɡal/ Homophones: égale, égales Hyphenation: é‧gal Rhymes: -al === Adjective === égal (feminine égale, masculine plural égaux, feminine plural égales) equal indifferent, of no importance to Synonym: indifférent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: egal → Dutch: egaal → German: egal → Romanian: egal → Serbo-Croatian: egal === References === Etymology and history of “égal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Further reading === “égal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === Gaël, gale, gela