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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)

1. (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.
2. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
3. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
4. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
5. (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
6. (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
7. (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
8. (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)

1. (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)

1. to laugh at
2. to mock

Derived terms

• tallje

References

Breton

Adjective

tall

1. Hard mutation of dall.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin talea.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ta?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

tall m (plural talls)

1. 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)

1. lamb

Declension

Note: the short plural forms from illative onward are almost never used.

Etymology 2

Noun

tall (genitive talli, partitive talli)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by toll

Old Irish

Adverb

tall

1. there

2. then

Descendants

• Irish: thall
• Scottish Gaelic: thall

Determiner

tall

1. that (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article)

Synonyms

• sin

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal/

Noun

tall c

1. 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

English

Noun

tali

1. plural of talus

Anagrams

• ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., lait, tail

Amis

Noun

tali

1. taro

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tali/
• Hyphenation: ta?li

Noun

tali

1. rope

Synonyms

• (thick, braided strings) kalat

Catalan

Verb

tali

1. third-person singular imperative form of talar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of talar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of talar

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan tsalis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Fijian dali, Maori tari.

Noun

tali

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• tvli

Noun

tali (dictionary form t?li)

1. rock, stone
2. iron
3. metal
4. mineral

Finnish

(index ta)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish talg (“tallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?li/, [?t??li]
• Rhymes: -?li
• Syllabification: ta?li

Noun

tali

1. suet (fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys)
2. tallow (hard animal fat obtained from suet)
3. sebum (thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, lait, lati, liat, tila

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from találkozó or találkozás (“meeting”) +? -i (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?li]
• Hyphenation: ta?li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

tali (plural talik)

1. (slang) meeting

   Synonyms: találkozás, találkozó

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Verb

tali

1. inflection of tala:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person present subjunctive

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tali, from Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Noun

tali (first-person possessive taliku, second-person possessive talimu, third-person possessive talinya)

1. rope (thick, strong string)
2. (figuratively) kinship, blood ties

Derived terms

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Related to Finnish tai, possibly influenced by eli.

Pronunciation

• (Hevaha, Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?t?li/
• Hyphenation: ta?li

Conjunction

tali

1. or

Synonyms

• eli, vai

Etymology 2

From Swedish talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz, possibly via Finnish tali.

Noun

tali (genitive talin, partitive talliia)

1. tallow

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 569
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2], page 169

Italian

Adjective

tali

1. plural of tale

Noun

tali m

1. plural of talo

Anagrams

• alti, lati

Latin

Etymology 1

See t?lus.

Noun

t?l?

1. nominative plural of t?lus
2. genitive singular of t?lus
3. vocative plural of t?lus

Etymology 2

See t?lis.

Adjective

t?l?

1. dative singular of t?lis
2. ablative singular of t?lis

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tali

1. rope

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali (compare Indonesian tali), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih (compare Chamorro tali, Fijian dali, Tagalog tali), from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tali/
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

Noun

tali (Jawi spelling ?????, plural tali-tali, informal 1st possessive taliku, impolite 2nd possessive talimu, 3rd possessive talinya)

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tali

Further reading

• “tali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sakizaya

Noun

tali

1. taro

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan tsalis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Chamorro tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Fijian dali, Maori tari.

Noun

tali

1. rope

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *taši (“there, in such a place”).

Particle

tali

1. there, place

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “tali”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin thallium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta??? li??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta??? l?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta??? l?j??]
• Phonetic: ta li

Noun

tali

1. thallium

Welsh

Alternative forms

• teli (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?tali/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ta?li/, /?tali/

Verb

tali

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of talu

Mutation