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English

Alternative forms

• tallus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?l?s/
• Rhymes: -e?l?s

Etymology 1

From Latin t?lus

Noun

talus (plural tali)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.

Translations

Synonyms

• anklebone
• astragalus

Derived terms

• taler

See also

• bone

Etymology 2

From French talus.

Noun

talus (plural taluses)

1. (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
2. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Translations

References

• William Duane, A Military Dictionary, p. 179.
• Talus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Altus, Aults, Austl., Latus, Tauls, Tulsa, latus, sault

Estonian

Noun

talus

1. inessive singular of talu

French

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Gaulish *talutum, derived from *talos (“peak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ly/

Noun

talus m (plural talus)

1. slope, embankment

Descendants

• Catalan: talús
• English: talus
• Galician: talude
• Portuguese: talude
• Spanish: talud

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• salut

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *t?kslos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *téh?g-s-los, from *teh?g- (“to touch”) (whence tang?, also possibly Sanskrit ?? (tala, “plane, surface”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ta?.lus/, [?t?ä????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ta.lus/, [?t???lus]

Noun

t?lus m (genitive t?l?); second declension

1. (anatomy) the ankle or anklebone (of animals), talus; knucklebone
2. an oblong die rounded at its ends and only marked on its other four sides
3. (figuratively) the heel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (heel): calx, t?l? (Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• subtel
• t?l?ris
• t?l?rius
• t?l?; t?l?nus (Medieval Latin, from Romance)
• t?xillus

Descendants

• English: talus
• Italian: talo
• ? Italian: talismo

References

• talus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• talus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• talus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• talus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• talus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• talus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• talus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Noun

taus

1. plural of tau

Anagrams

• Aust, Tusa, USAT, stau, usta, utas

Finnish

(index ta)

Etymology

From taka (“using the weak stem ta-”) +? -us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?u?s/, [?t??u?s?]
• Rhymes: -?us
• Syllabification: taus

Noun

taus

1. behind, backside

Declension

Anagrams

• -stua, -usta, Satu, astu, asut, auts, satu, suat, usta

French

Noun

taus m

1. (post-1990) plural of tau

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish tavs

Adjective

taus (masculine and feminine taus, neuter taust, definite singular and plural tause, comparative tausere, indefinite superlative tausest, definite superlative tauseste)

1. quiet, silent

Derived terms

• taushet

References

• “taus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Danish tavs.

Adjective

taus (masculine and feminine taus, neuter taust, definite singular and plural tause, comparative tausare, indefinite superlative tausast, definite superlative tausaste)

1. quiet, silent

   Synonyms: tagal, fåmælt, still

Etymology 2

Doublet of tøs. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

taus f (definite singular tausa, indefinite plural tauser, definite plural tausene)

1. a servant girl
2. an unmarried woman, girl
3. an unmarried woman who has had children

References

• “taus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• stua, suta, tusa

Portuguese

Noun

taus

1. plural of tau

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau??/

Noun

taus

1. ax, axe; hatchet

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)