different between lima vs equal

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?la?m?/

Noun

lima (plural limas)

1. lima bean

Anagrams

• Alim, Liam, Mali, Mila, alim, mail, mali

Agutaynen

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Aklanon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li?ma]

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Alu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Balinese

Romanization

lima

1. Romanization of ???

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Bariai

Numeral

lima

1. five

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?ma/

Numeral

limá

1. five

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lima/
• Hyphenation: li?ma

Numeral

lima

1. five

Bughotu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li?ma

Numeral

lima

1. five

Derived terms

• ikalima
• makalima

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lima.

Central Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Central Melanau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. (Old Chamorro) five (in general)

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.ma/

Verb

-lima (infinitive kulíma)

1. to cultivate

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mlimi (“farmer”)

Cia-Cia

Alternative forms

• ???

Etymology

From Proto-Celebic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima (Hangul spelling ???)

1. five

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

líma

1. five

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Faroese

Noun

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Finnish

(index li)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lima, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sl?m?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lim?/, [?lim?]
• Rhymes: -im?
• Syllabification: li?ma

Noun

lima

1. mucus (slippery secretion from mucous membranes)
2. phlegm (viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing)
3. (historical) phlegm (one of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus)
4. slime (any viscous liquid matter)
5. slime (mucus-like substance that exudes from the bodies of some animals, e.g. snails and slugs)

Declension

Derived terms

• limainen
• limaska

Compounds

See also

• räkä
• liima

References

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mali, Mila, ilma, mali

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ma/

Verb

lima

1. third-person singular past historic of limer

Anagrams

• mail

Galician

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic ???????, from Arabic ????????? (laym?n, “lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lim?]

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

Related terms

• limeira

Etymology 2

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin l?ma (“file”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lim?]

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. file, rasp
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 271:

     cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor

     as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to the harvest, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part

2. (construction) hip rafter

Related terms

• limar

Verb

lima

1. inflection of limar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “lyma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “lyma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gela

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Gothic

Romanization

lima

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five
2. fifth

Related terms

• ?alima
• ?elima

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?ma/

Numeral

limá

1. five

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lima.

Noun

líma

1. lime fruit or tree (citrus)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

líma

1. hand

Verb

limá

1. to handle

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Icelandic

Noun

lima

1. indefinite genitive plural of limur

Ilocano

Numeral

lima

1. five

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

Numeral

lima

1. five

Inonhan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Isinai

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *lima

Noun

lima

1. hand

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li.ma/
• Hyphenation: lì?ma

Etymology 1

From Latin l?ma.

Noun

lima f (plural lime)

1. file (cutting or smoothing tool)

Derived terms

• lima da unghie (“nail file”)
• limola

Etymology 2

Of Istrian origin.

Noun

lima f (plural lime)

1. (fishing) A reinforced line at both ends of a dragnet.

Etymology 3

From Arabic ??????? (l?ma), from Persian ????? (l?m?).

Noun

lima f (plural lime)

1. Key lime (Citrus aurantiifolia)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lima

1. inflection of limare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• almi, lami, mail, mali, Mali, mila

References

• lima¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lima² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lima³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Itawit

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Javanese

Numeral

lima

1. five

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

Numeral

lima

1. five

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Latin limus, English slime, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”) and Ancient Greek ????? (límn?, “marsh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.ma/, [?li?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.ma/, [?li?m?]

Noun

l?ma f (genitive l?mae); first declension

1. file (carpenter's tool)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• l?m?

Descendants

References

• lima in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lima in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lima in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lima in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• lima in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lau

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. five

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. five

Lusi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Makasar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lima]

Numeral

lima (Lontara spelling ???)

1. five

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *qalima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lima]

Numeral

lima (Lontara spelling ???)

1. hand

Malay

Alternative forms

• lim?

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /lim?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lima/
• Rhymes: -im?, -m?, -?

Numeral

lima (Jawi spelling ????)

1. (cardinal) five

Synonyms

• panca (panca-) / ????? (????-?)

References

• "lima" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “lima” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manam

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Maori

Numeral

lima

1. Obsolete spelling of rima

Mapun

Numeral

lima

1. five

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. hand

Derived terms

• golima
• pelima

Numeral

lima

1. five

Derived terms

• ikalima (“fifth”)
• kalima'an
• limalima

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limá

1. five

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Mussau-Emira

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Nakanai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Niuatoputapu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?ma/

Numeral

limá

1. five

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (noun) limene
• (verb) limet
• (verb) limte (simple past)
• (verb) limt (past participle)

Noun

lima n pl

1. definite plural of lim

Verb

lima

1. simple past of lime
2. past participle of lime

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lima n pl

1. definite plural of lim

Nukuoro

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Noun

lima

1. hand

Pangutaran Sama

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Papora

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-d??ma.

Verb

-lima

1. to farm, cultivate
2. to plough

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish lima, from Andalusian Arabic ??????? (lima), from Arabic ????????? (laym?n, “lemon, lime”), from Persian ????? (l?m?, l?m?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i.ma/

Noun

lima f

1. lime (citrus tree)

   Synonyms: limeta, limonka

2. lime (green citrus fruit)

Declension

Further reading

• lima in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lima in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lima/
• Hyphenation: li?ma

Etymology 1

From Arabic ????????? (laym?n, “lemon, lime”).

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. lime (fruit)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lima.

Etymology 2

From Latin l?ma.

Noun

lima f (plural limas)

1. file (tool to smoothen a surface)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lima.

Verb

lima

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of limar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of limar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:limar.

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: liima

See also

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five
2. fifth

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Raga

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Ratahan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Roviana

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Noun

lima

1. (anatomy) hand

Numeral

lima

1. five

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lima

1. five

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lima, from Latin l?ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîma/
• Hyphenation: li?ma

Noun

l?ma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (regional) file (t

English

Alternative forms

• æqual (archaic), æquall (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aequ?lis, of unknown origin. Doublet of egal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k'w?l, IPA^(key): /?i?kw?l/
• Rhymes: -i?kw?l

Adjective

equal (not generally comparable, comparative more equal, superlative most equal)

1. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
   • 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed

     They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.

2. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
3. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
   • Are not my ways equal?
4. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
   • 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311

     her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.

   • much less is it in my power to make my commendations equal to your merits.

   • 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody

     […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild.

5. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.

   • an equal temper

6. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.

Usage notes

• In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equal", "A is equal to B", and, less commonly, "A is equal with B".
• The most common comparative use is the ironic expression more equal.

Synonyms

• (the same in all respects): identical
• (the same in all relevant respects): equivalent
• (unvarying): even, fair, uniform, unvarying

Translations

Verb

equal (third-person singular simple present equals, present participle (Commonwealth) equalling or (US) equaling, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) equalled or (US) equaled)

1. (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

2. (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.

3. (informal) To have as its consequence.

Synonyms

• (to be equal to): be, is
• (informal, have as its consequence): entail, imply, lead to, mean, result in, spell

Translations

Noun

equal (plural equals)

1. A person or thing of equal status to others.

   • Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
2. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.

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Synonyms

• (person or thing of equal status to others): peer

Derived terms

Related terms

• equality

Translations

Anagrams

• Quale, quale, queal