val

== Translingual == === Symbol === val (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vehes. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Vehes terms == English == === Etymology === Shortening of Valium. === Noun === val (countable and uncountable, plural vals) (informal) Valium. === Anagrams === AVL, LAV, Vla., lav == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch vallen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fal/ === Verb === val (present val, present participle vallende, past participle geval) to fall == Albanian == === Etymology 1 === Likely borrowed from Latin vallis. The term may be an example of an ancient borrowing that later fell out of use. Its presence is minimal but scattered both in Southern and Northern Albanian toponyms. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈval/ Rhymes: -al ==== Noun ==== val m (definite vali) (chiefly uncountable, regional) valley Synonyms: luginë, lug scree Synonyms: valishtë, rrëgallë mountain pass Synonym: qafë summer pasture, shieling ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== FMGJSH (2026), “val,~i” Topalli (2017), page 1542ab: “val” Çabej SEFSH [1950s–1980], vol. 7, pages 221f.: “val” Gazulli (1942), page 248: “mal e val” === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Sicilian vagliu, vagghiu. ==== Alternative forms ==== baj — Sicily ==== Noun ==== val m (plural vale, definite vali) (dialectal, Calabria) courtyard Synonym: (standard) oborr ==== References ==== Giordano (1963), page 526a: “vál-i” Kamsi (2000), page 295a: “valj-i” === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== val m (definite vali) (dialectal, Calabria, San Marzano, Mandrica) alternative form of vaj (“olive oil”) ==== References ==== Giordano (1963), page 526a: “vàl-i” Gallo (2017), page 155a: “valë/i” Kamsi (2000), page 295a: “valj-i” Shuteriqi (1965), page 169: “val-i” == Aragonese == === Alternative forms === vache (Tensino Panticuto), vall (Benasquese) === Etymology === From Latin valles. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbal/ Syllabification: val Rhymes: -al === Noun === val f (plural vals) valley === References === “valle”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈbal] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈval] Rhymes: -al === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== val m (plural vals) voucher === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== val inflection of valer: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative inflection of valdre: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative ==== Interjection ==== val okay === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “val”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “val”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “val”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Middle High German wal, from Latin vallum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈval] Rhymes: -al === Noun === val m inan bulwark, rampart ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “val”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “val”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “val”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Reborrowed from Old Norse valr in the 1800s. Found in Old Danish wal (“field, pasture”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvaːl/, [ˈʋæˀl] Homophone: hval ==== Noun ==== val c (singular definite valen, not used in plural form) (poetic) battlefield Synonyms: slagmark, (poetic) valplads ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “val” in Den Danske Ordbog “Val,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German wal or Dutch wal (“coast, shore”), from Latin vallum. Doublet of vold. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvalˀ/, [ˈʋalˀ] Homophone: valg ==== Noun ==== val c (singular definite vallen, not used in plural form) (obsolete) steep coastline 1779, Johannes Ewald, Romance (from the play Fiskerne), now royal anthem of Denmark / https://kalliope.org/da/text/ewlad1999022205: Fra Vallen hørtes Vraal, som brød | Den tykke Skye. From the coast a cry was heard that broke the thick cloud. ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “Val,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), cognate with German Wald. Doublet of vold. Alternatively, the same word as the noun above. ==== Noun ==== val c (singular definite vallen, not used in plural form) (obsolete) plain 1812, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Til Danerkongen Frederik hin Sjette (in: Poetiske Skrifter, vol. 3, p. 2): Paa faste Val og paa den grønne Strand, | At ofre villig baade Liv og Blod. On the firm plain and the green beach to sacrifice both life and blood. ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “Val,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑl/ Hyphenation: val Rhymes: -ɑl Homophone: Val === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch val, from Old Dutch *fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz. Equivalent to a deverbal from vallen (“to fall”). ==== Noun ==== val m (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n) a fall (act or event of falling) a downfall, demise Synonym: ondergang ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch valle, from Old Dutch falla, ultimately from the root of vallen (“to fall”), thus related to Etymology 1 above. ==== Noun ==== val f (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n) a physical trap, snare any trap, ploy ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Related to Etymology 1 above. ==== Noun ==== val n (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n) (nautical) halyard Synonym: vlaggenlijn ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== →? Danish: fald (or from Low German) Norwegian: → Norwegian Nynorsk: fall → Norwegian Bokmål: fall →? Swedish: fall (or from Low German) → Finnish: falli → Lithuanian: falas → Latvian: falle → Polish: fał → Russian: ва́л (vál) → Ukrainian: ва́л (vál) → Azerbaijani: fal → Bulgarian: фал (fal) === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably of the same origin as walvis (“whale”), being the largest land fish. ==== Noun ==== val m (plural vallen, diminutive valletje n) (obsolete) a catfish Synonym: meerval any of its relatives in the family Siluridae ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 5 === From Sanskrit वल्ल (valla), a word used for various grains and pulses, or for a unit of weight equal to 3 रक्तिका (raktikā). The explanation of latter meaning is that the रक्तिका (raktikā) is named after the seeds of Abrus precatorius, of which there are often 3 in a pod. ==== Noun ==== val m (plural vals, diminutive valletje n) (obsolete) an East Indian weight for silver and gold. === Etymology 6 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== val inflection of vallen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === === Anagrams === vla == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse val (“choice”) (see the verb velja (“to choose”)), from Proto-Germanic *walą. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛaːl === Noun === val n (genitive singular vals, plural val) choice Eg hevði einki val. ― I had no choice. (politics) election Í dag er val í Norðurkorea, og tað gongur fyri seg upp á ein heilt serligan hátt. ― Today there is an election in North Korea, and it is happening in a very special way. quality ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French val, from Latin vallem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /val/ === Noun === val m (plural vaux / vals) (literary) valley, vale ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== à vau-l’eau === See also === VAL === Further reading === “val”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin vallis, vallem. === Noun === val f (plural valis) valley ==== Synonyms ==== valdade == Galician == === Etymology === 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese vale, from Latin vallis, vallem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbal/ [ˈbɑɫ] Rhymes: -al === Noun === val m (plural vales) valley c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 122: ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vale”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “val”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “val”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “val”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “val”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse val (“choice”) (see the verb velja (“to choose”)), from Proto-Germanic *walą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvaːl] Rhymes: -aːl === Noun === val n (genitive singular vals, nominative plural völ) choice selection ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== náttúruval kynbundið val == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈval/ Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: vàl === Noun === val f (apocopated) apocopic form of valle === Verb === val apocopic form of vale === Anagrams === Vla. == Livonian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑˀl/, [ˈvɑˀl] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waĺɜ. Cognates include Finnish valo. ==== Noun ==== va’l light ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Finnic *valo, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. ==== Noun ==== va’l pain, ache ===== Declension ===== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “va’l”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German val. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈval/, /ˈfal/ === Noun === val m fall (grammar) case 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln, Der meide krancz (Codex Palatinus germanicus (Cod. Pal. germ.) 14) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Fall == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse vaðill (“ford, shallow water”). ==== Noun ==== val m (definite singular valen, indefinite plural valer, definite plural valene) inlet, shallow bay === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse valr (“the fallen”). ==== Noun ==== val m (definite singular valen, indefinite plural valer, definite plural valene) (poetic) battlefield === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse val. ==== Noun ==== val n form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by valg === References === “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaːl/, /vaːɽ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse val, from Proto-Germanic *walą. ==== Noun ==== val n (definite singular valet, indefinite plural val, definite plural vala) choice election Synonym: røysting ===== Derived terms ===== utval valkamp === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse valr, from Proto-Germanic *walaz. ==== Noun ==== val m (definite singular valen, uncountable) the slain (in battle) ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “val” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Occitan == === Alternative forms === vath (Gascony) vau (Provençal) === Etymology === From Latin vallis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === val f (plural vals) valley == Old French == === Alternative forms === vaul === Etymology === From Latin vallis, vallem. === Noun === val oblique singular, m (oblique plural vaus or vax or vals, nominative singular vaus or vax or vals, nominative plural val) valley ==== Descendants ==== → English: vale French: val == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈval/ Rhymes: -al === Noun === val m fall ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: val German: Fall == Old Norse == === Noun === val accusative singular of valr == Piedmontese == === Etymology === From Latin vallis, vallem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /val/ === Noun === val f (plural vaj) valley == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Homophones: vale (Portugal), vau (Brazil) Hyphenation: val === Noun === val m (plural vales) apocopic form of vale (“valley”) === Further reading === “val”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “val”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian val; close to Albanian valë. ==== Noun ==== val n (plural valuri) wave Synonym: undă ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== învălura învălui vălări ===== Related terms ===== năvăli prăvăli valmă === Etymology 2 === From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart”), probably a later borrowing; cf. German Wall, Italian vallo, also English wall. ==== Noun ==== val n (plural valuri) earth rampart which served in antiquity as a military stronghold ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== văl == Romansh == === Etymology === From Latin vallis, vallem. === Noun === val f (plural vals) valley == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *valъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋâːl/ === Noun === vȃl m inan (Cyrillic spelling ва̑л) (regional, Croatia) wave (a long body of water curling into an arched form) Synonym: tȁlās ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Middle High German wal, from Latin vallum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /val/, [ˈʋal] Rhymes: -al === Noun === val m inan (relational adjective valový) bulwark, rampart ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “val”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *valъ. First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋáːl/ === Noun === vȃl m inan wave, undulation ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== valováti valovéti valovíti valôven === Further reading === “val”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbal/ [ˈbal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: val === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== val m (plural valles) apocopic form of valle: valley ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== val apocopic form of vale: is worth ===== Usage notes ===== In Old Spanish, after the consonants /d/, /n/, /l/, /ʎ/, /ɾ/ and /θ/, a final /e/ was regularly elided, as in pid, vien, val, quier, faz, versus the modern forms of pide, viene, vale, quiere, and hace, with -e restored by analogy (compare modern Portuguese, which still has apocope in words such as vem (“he/she comes”), quer (“he/she wants”), faz (“he/she does”)). In modern Spanish, a few apocopes following coronal consonants are still preserved: buen, gran, san, derived from bueno, grande, and santo. === Further reading === “val”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɑːl/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). ==== Noun ==== val c a whale ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== blåshål (“blowhole”) === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse val (related to the verb velja (“to choose”)), from Proto-Germanic *walą. Related to välja, vilja (English will). ==== Noun ==== val n a choice an election ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse valr (“the slain, the fallen”), from Proto-Germanic *walaz (“corpse, body; carnage”). ==== Noun ==== val c (obsolete) the fallen; casualties of a war or battle ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== valplats === References === “val”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “val”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “val”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === alv, lav == Talysh == === Etymology === Borrowed from Azerbaijani val. === Noun === val gramophone record == Tungag == === Preposition === val like, similar to == Venetan == === Etymology === From Latin vallis, vallem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /val/ Hyphenation: vàl === Noun === val f (plural val) valley ==== Synonyms ==== vałe