different between aal vs aval

English

Noun

aal (plural aals)

1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Synonyms

• (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni

Anagrams

• ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *?l, from Proto-Germanic *?laz.

Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?l/
• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -a?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *?l, from Proto-Germanic *?laz.

Noun

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)
2. elver (young eel)
3. (rare) padre

Usage notes

Aal is the original word for eel used in the present-day Netherlands, while the word paling came from Belgium. Paling is also in use in the Netherlands, but certain fishing villages in the Netherlands such as Volendam will always use aal when referring to eel. In some regions aal always denotes a juvenile whereas paling is exclusively used for adult specimen.

Alternative forms

• ael (obsolete)

Synonyms

• paling

Derived terms

• aalfuik
• aalkorf
• aalscholver
• beefaal
• glasaal
• kataal
• sidderaal

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ?le, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elut-. Doublet of ale.

Noun

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. ale

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

aal f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aalt.

Derived terms

• aalpomp
• aalput

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

aal

1. singular imperative of aalen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

Midob

Noun

aal

1. mouth

References

• Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
• starling.rinet.ru (as á?l)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aal m

1. obsolete typography of ål

Scots

Determiner

aal

1. Alternative form of a'

Adverb

aal (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of a'

Noun

aal (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of a'

Seri

Noun

aal (plural aala)

1. his/her spouse

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?l/

Etymology 1

Noun

aal

1. bad mood

Etymology 2

Verb

aal

1. Alternative spelling of abal

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French aval.

Noun

aval (plural avals)

1. (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.

Translations

References

• aval, in Investopedia.

Etymology 2

From Latin avus (“grandfather”).

Adjective

aval (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
   • 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press (1973), ?ISBN, page 299:

     Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.

Synonyms

• grandparental

Hyponyms

• (grandfather): grandfatherly, grandpaternal
• (grandmother): grandmaternal, grandmotherly

Anagrams

• Alva, Lava, lava

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *a?al, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éb?l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.val/

Noun

aval m

1. apple

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *a?al, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éb?l.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [?aval]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?æv?l]

Noun

aval m (plural avalow or avallow)

1. apple

Derived terms

Estonian

Noun

aval

1. adessive singular of ava

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.val/

Etymology 1

From à + val.

Noun

aval m (uncountable)

1. downstream area, lower reaches (of river)

Derived terms

• en aval (adjective) (downstream)

Etymology 2

Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.

Noun

aval m (plural avals)

1. approval, endorsement

Descendants

• ? Catalan: aval
• ? English: aval
• ? Galician: aval
• ? Italian: avallo
• ? Portuguese: aval
• ? Spanish: aval

Anagrams

• lava

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

a +? val

Adverb

aval

1. down

   Antonym: amont

Portuguese

Etymology

From French aval.

Noun

aval m (plural avais)

1. permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)

   Synonyms: permissão, autorização, licença

Related terms

• avaliação

Further reading

• “aval” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French aval.

Noun

aval n (uncountable)

1. downstream

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bal/, [a???al]

Noun

aval m (plural avales)

1. endorsement
2. countersignature
3. guarantee

Derived terms

• avalar
• avalista

Further reading

• “aval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.