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English

Noun

vals

1. plural of val

Anagrams

• Slav, lavs

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch vals

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?ls/
• Hyphenation: vals
• Rhymes: -?ls

Adjective

vals (attributive valse, comparative valser, superlative valsste)

1. counterfeit, imitation, fake

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vals/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bals/

Noun

vals m (plural valsos)

1. waltz

Verb

vals

1. second-person singular present indicative form of valer

Danish

Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vals/, [val?s]

Noun

vals c (singular definite valsen, plural indefinite valse)

1. waltz

Declension

Further reading

• “vals” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vals” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• valsch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch valsch, from Old French fals, from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?ls/
• Hyphenation: vals
• Rhymes: -?ls

Adjective

vals (comparative valser, superlative meest vals or valst)

1. fake, false

   Synonym: nep

   Antonym: echt

2. (music) off-key, out of tune

   Antonym: zuiver

3. vicious
   • 1619, Hendrick Slatius, Ioannes Calvinus, vreedt, bitter, vals. Dat is: Corte ende cleare verbeldinghe van den aert oft gheest Ioannis Calvini ... Eerst gheteeckent door eenen liefhebber der Nederlantsche [i.e. H. Slatius], etc
4. (dated) incorrect, untrue

Inflection

Derived terms

• valsheid
• vervalsen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vals
• ? Indonesian: fals (“off-key, out of tune”)

Anagrams

• vlas

Icelandic

Noun

vals m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valsar)

1. waltz

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Walzer (sense 1), and Walze (sense 2)

Noun

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)

1. (dance) a waltz
2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

Alternative forms

• valse (sense 2)

Derived terms

• valse (verb)
• veivals

Etymology 2

Verb

vals

1. imperative of valse

References

• “vals” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Walzer (sense 1), Walze (sense 2)

Noun

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valsar, definite plural valsane)

1. (dance) a waltz
2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

Alternative forms

• valse (sense 2)

Derived terms

• valse (verb)

References

• “vals” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Noun

vals

1. plural of val

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vals/

Noun

vals m (plural vals)

1. waltz

Romanian

Etymology

From French valse, German Walzer

Noun

vals n (plural valsuri)

1. (music) waltz

Declension

Related terms

• a valsa

Spanish

Etymology

German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bals/, [?bals]

Noun

vals m (uncountable)

1. waltz

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vals c

1. waltz, a dance
2. lie, untruth

   att dra en vals

   to lie

3. roller; a rotating cylindrical device, usually part of a machine, where it may apply or reduce pressure.

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

vals

1. indefinite genitive singular of val

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

vals

1. indefinite genitive singular of val
2. indefinite genitive plural of val

Anagrams

• alvs, lavs, slav, sval

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?lz, IPA^(key): /we?lz/
• Rhymes: -e?lz
• Homophones: wails, whales (in accents with wine-whine merger)

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale

Verb

wales

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale

Anagrams

• Swale, alews, lawes, swale, sweal, weals

Finnish

Etymology

< Wales

Noun

wales

1. Welsh (language)

Declension

Synonyms

• kymri
• walesin kieli

Middle English

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale (“planking, welt”)

Scots

Noun

wales

1. plural of wale

Verb

wales

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale