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falls
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??lz/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /f?lz/
- Rhymes: -??lz
Noun
falls (plural falls)
- A waterfall.
- Niagara Falls
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
falls
- plural of fall
Verb
falls
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fall
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fals/
Conjunction
falls
- (conditional, somewhat formal) if, in the event that
- (chiefly colloquial) in case, in order to be prepared if
Usage notes
- Falls is synonymous to the more common wenn (“if”), but has the advantage of being unambiguously conditional, while wenn can also be used temporally (meaning "when, whenever").
- Colloquially, falls is used somewhat differently than in standard German proper. It does occur in sense 1, but infrequently. In return, it is often heard in sense 2 where formal usage would require für den Fall, dass.
Synonyms
- (sense 1) wenn
- (sense 2) für den Fall, dass
Related terms
- Fall
Further reading
- “falls” in Duden online
Icelandic
Noun
falls n
- indefinite genitive singular of fall
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German falls (17th c.).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fals/, [f?l(t)s]
- Rhymes: -?ls
Conjunction
falls
- if (in the case that)
Swedish
Etymology
- Homophone: fals
Noun
falls
- indefinite genitive singular of fall
- indefinite genitive plural of fall
See also
- fals
falls From the web:
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spillway
English
Etymology
spill +? way
Noun
spillway (plural spillways)
- A path designed to take away overflow safely.
spillway From the web:
- spillway meaning
- spillway what does it mean
- what is spillway and its types
- what is spillway in hydro power plant
- what is spillway or weir
- what are spillways used for
- what is spillway capacity
- what is spillway crawfish
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