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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

Etymology

From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from v?s (“strength”). For the verb, compare French violenter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?.?.l?nt/, /?va?.l?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?l?nt
• Hyphenation: vi?o?lent, vio?lent

Adjective

violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent)

1. Involving extreme force or motion.

2. Involving physical conflict.

3. Likely to use physical force.

4. Intensely vivid.

   • We have already observed, that he was a very good-natured fellow, and he hath himself declared the violent attachment he had to the person and character of Jones […]

5. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth

     and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual,

Antonyms

• peaceful

Related terms

• violence

Translations

Verb

violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)

1. (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.

   • a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial

Noun

violent (plural violents)

1. (obsolete) An assailant.

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Anagrams

• LOVEINT

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.o?lent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.u?len/

Adjective

violent (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

1. violent

Derived terms

• violentament

Related terms

• violència

Further reading

• “violent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “violent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “violent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “violent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed into Old French from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vj?.l??/

Adjective

violent (feminine singular violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

1. violent
2. severe

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vj?l/
• Homophones: viole, violes

Verb

violent

1. inflection of violer:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. third-person plural present subjunctive

Anagrams

• ventilo, voilent

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

violent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of viol?

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vyolent, wyolent, vilent

Etymology

From Old French violent, from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi??l??nt/, /?vi??l??nt/, /vi?l??nt/, /?vi??l?nt/

Adjective

violent (plural and weak singular violente)

1. Violent, forcible, injury-causing.
2. Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful
3. Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude.
4. Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence.
5. Abrupt; happening without warning or notice.
6. (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly.

Related terms

• violence
• violently

Descendants

• English: violent

References

• “v??olent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-30.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin violentus.

Adjective

violent m (feminine singular violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentas)

1. violent

Related terms

• violéncia

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

Adjective

violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente)

1. violent (using violence)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: violent, vyolent, wyolent, vilent
  • English: violent
• French: violent

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vju?l??t/

Adjective

violent

1. violent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French violent, Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.o?lent/

Adjective

violent m or n (feminine singular violent?, masculine plural violen?i, feminine and neuter plural violente)

1. violent

Declension

Related terms

• violen??