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tall
English
Etymology
From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ?etæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (untals, “indocile, disobedient”).
The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rh?s, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh word tal (“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)"
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /t?l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /t?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Adjective
tall (comparative taller, superlative tallest)
- (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
- (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
- (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
- (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
- (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
- (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
- (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
- (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
Antonyms
- (of a person): short
- (of a building): short, low, low-rise
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Welsh: tal
Translations
Noun
tall (plural talls)
- (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
References
- tall at OneLook Dictionary Search
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *talna, related to Lithuanian tylù (“to become silent”), Old Irish tuilid (“to sleep”), Proto-Slavic *toliti (“to persuade, to make quiet”).
Verb
tall (first-person singular past tense talla, participle tallur)
- to laugh at
- to mock
Derived terms
- tallje
References
Breton
Adjective
tall
- Hard mutation of dall.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin talea.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ta?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
tall m (plural talls)
- cut
Further reading
- “tall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
tall (genitive talle, partitive talle)
- lamb
Declension
Note: the short plural forms from illative onward are almost never used.
Etymology 2
Noun
tall (genitive talli, partitive talli)
- horse stable
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse tal (“talk, speech, number”), from Proto-Germanic *tal? (“number, speech”).
Noun
tall n (definite singular tallet, indefinite plural tall, definite plural talla or tallene)
- number, numeral, figure
Derived terms
See also
- tal (Nynorsk)
References
- “tall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tall f (definite singular talla or talli, indefinite plural taller, definite plural tallene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by toll
Old Irish
Adverb
tall
- there
- then
Descendants
- Irish: thall
- Scottish Gaelic: thall
Determiner
tall
- that (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article)
Synonyms
- sin
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tal/
Noun
tall c
- pine, Scots pine tree, Pinus sylvestris
Declension
Synonyms
- fura
- fur (uncountable)
Related terms
- tallkotte
- tallväxter
See also
- barrväxter
- furu
- furutimmer
- furuträ
- falla som en fura
Anagrams
- allt
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dear
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /di??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Homophones: deer, Deere
Etymology 1
From Middle English dere, from Old English d?ere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”).
Adjective
dear (comparative dearer, superlative dearest)
- (generally dated) High in price; expensive.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act IV Scene 1
- There's more depends on this than on the value.
- The dearest ring in Venice will I give you,
- And find it out by proclamation:
- Only for this, I pray you, pardon me.
- 1902, Briquettes as Fuel in Foreign Countries (report of the United States Bureau of Foreign Commerce):
- This water is sold for 50 cents per ton, which is not dear under the circumstances.
- 1966, The Beatles, When I'm Sixty-Four
- Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act IV Scene 1
- Loved; lovable.
- So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- Lovely; kind.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
- (obsolete) Noble.
Derived terms
Related terms
- darling
Translations
Noun
dear (plural dears)
- A very kind, loving person.
- My cousin is such a dear, always drawing me pictures.
- A beloved person.
- An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
- Pass me the salt, would you dear?
Synonyms
- (kind loving person): darling
Derived terms
- oh dear
- the dear knows
Translations
Verb
dear (third-person singular simple present dears, present participle dearing, simple past and past participle deared)
- (obsolete) To endear.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)
Derived terms
- bedear
Adverb
dear (comparative more dear, superlative most dear)
- dearly; at a high price
Interjection
dear
- Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
- Dear, dear! Whatever were they thinking?
See also
- oh dear
- dear me
Etymology 2
From Middle English dere (“fierce, severe, hard, deadly”), from Old English d?or, d?r (“brave, bold; severe, dire, vehement”), from Proto-Germanic *deuzaz. Cognate with the above
Adjective
dear (comparative more dear, superlative most dear)
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- (obsolete) Fierce.
Translations
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
Anagrams
- 'eard, DARE, Dare, Rade, Read, Reda, ared, dare, rade, read
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d?a??]
Verb
dear (present analytic dearann, future analytic dearfaidh, verbal noun dearadh, past participle deartha)
- To draw (design).
Conjugation
Mutation
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