tale

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tāl, IPA(key): /ˈteːl/ (pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /ˈteɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl Homophone: tail === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk. ==== Noun ==== tale (plural tales) A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. (obsolete) Number; tally; quota. (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed. (obsolete) Speech; language. (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse. (law, obsolete) A count; declaration. (rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum. (rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English talen, from Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *talōn, from Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon, aim, calculate, adjust”). Cognate with Dutch talen (“to long, care”), German zahlen (“to pay”), Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Icelandic tala (“to talk”). ==== Verb ==== tale (third-person singular simple present tales, present participle taling, simple past and past participle taled) (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. ===== Derived terms ===== taler === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== tale (plural tales) Alternative form of tael. === See also === pourquoi tale === Anagrams === teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, TEAL, et al, Teal, tela, leat, EATL, ETLA, et al. == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑːlə/ === Noun === tale plural of taal == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Arabic طَالِع (ṭāliʕ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tɑːˈle(h)] Hyphenation: ta‧le === Noun === tale (usually uncountable, definite accusative taleyi) fate, destiny, lot Synonyms: qismət, müqəddərat, qədər Onların sonraki taleyi məlum deyil. ― Their subsequent fate is unknown. fortune (destiny, especially favorable) Synonyms: bəxt, iqbal, nəsib future destiny Synonyms: gələcək, müqəddərat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== taleyüklü (“fateful”) === Further reading === “tale” in Obastan.com. == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse tala. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtˢæːlə] === Noun === tale c (singular definite talen, plural indefinite taler) speech, talk, address, discourse ==== Inflection ==== === Verb === tale (imperative tal, infinitive at tale, present tense taler, past tense talte, perfect tense har talt) to make a speech to speak, talk ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “tale” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaː.lə/ Hyphenation: ta‧le === Noun === tale f (plural talen, diminutive taaltje n) obsolete form of taal == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tal/ === Verb === tale inflection of taler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === étal == Ido == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtale/ === Adverb === tale hence == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin tālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.le/ Rhymes: -ale Hyphenation: tà‧le === Determiner === tale m or f by sense (plural tali) such ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === alte, late, tela == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.le] === Adjective === tāle nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of tālis === Noun === tāle m vocative singular of tālus === References === "tale", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Limburgish == === Noun === tale plural of taal == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːlə/ === Noun === tāle f spoken or written words, that which someone says language ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “tale (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tale (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tal, talle taile, taille (chiefly Northern) === Etymology === From Old English talu, from Proto-West Germanic *talu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːl(ə)/, /ˈtal(ə)/ === Noun === tale (plural tales) personal narrative, account ==== Related terms ==== nyghtertale ==== Descendants ==== English: tale Scots: tale Yola: taale ==== References ==== “tā̆le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Northern Kurdish == === Noun === tale ? happiness == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse tala. === Noun === tale m (definite singular talen, indefinite plural taler, definite plural talene) speech, talk, address, discourse ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === tale (imperative tal, present tense taler, passive tales, simple past talte, past participle talt, present participle talende) to make a speech to speak, talk ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tale” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse tala. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²tɑːlə/ === Noun === tale m (definite singular talen, indefinite plural talar, definite plural talane) tale f (definite singular tala, indefinite plural taler, definite plural talene) speech a speech, talk, discourse, an address ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === tale (present tense talar or taler, past tense tala or talte, past participle tala or talt, passive infinitive talast, present participle talande, imperative tal) alternative form of tala (tala is split-infinitive and/or a-infinitive verb form) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.le/ === Noun === tale inflection of talu: nominative plural accusative singular/plural genitive/dative singular == Portuguese == === Verb === tale inflection of talar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈta.le] === Pronoun === tale feminine plural of tău neuter plural of tău == Slovene == === Pronoun === tale (proximal demonstrative) this, this one == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtale/ [ˈt̪a.le] Rhymes: -ale Syllabification: ta‧le === Verb === tale inflection of talar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈta.le] === Verb === tale to carry weight ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh