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vast
English
Etymology
From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Doublet of fada.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: väst, IPA(key): /v??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /væst/
- Rhymes: -??st
Adjective
vast (comparative vaster or more vast, superlative vastest or most vast)
- Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
- (obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Translations
Noun
vast (plural vasts)
- (poetic) A vast space.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, I.i
- they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, I.i
Derived terms
Anagrams
- ATVs, VSAT, tavs, vats
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin v?stus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?vast/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?bast/
Adjective
vast (feminine vasta, masculine plural vasts or vastos, feminine plural vastes)
- vast, wide
Related terms
- vastitud
Further reading
- “vast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vast” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “vast” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?st/
- Hyphenation: vast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.
Adjective
vast (comparative vaster, superlative meest vast or vastst)
- firm, fast, tight
- fixed, not moving or changing
- stuck, unable to get out
- (chemistry) in the solid state
- (botany) perennial
- (of a telephone) using a landline
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vas
Adverb
vast
- surely, certainly
- Synonym: zeker
- (informal, sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vast
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vasten
- imperative of vasten
Estonian
Etymology
Of Finno-Mordvinic or Finno-Volgaic origin. Cognate to Finnish vasta, Votic vassa, Northern Sami vuostá, Erzya ??????? (vastoms, “to meet; to receive”), Moksha ????? (vasta, “place; distance”) and possibly Western Mari ???????? (?aštareš, “against; across”).
Adverb
vast
- maybe, possibly
- recently, just, now
Derived terms
References
Livonian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish vasten
Preposition
vast
- against
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vasta.
Noun
vast
- bundle (of switches for the sauna)
Romani
Etymology
Perhaps from Sanskrit ???? (hásta), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *??ástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *???ástas, from Proto-Indo-European *??és-to- (“hand”) < *??es-. Compare Punjabi ??? (hatth), Hindi ??? (h?th), Bengali ??? (hat); compare also Persian ???? (dast).
Noun
vast m (plural vasta)
- (anatomy) hand
Romanian
Etymology
From French vaste, from Latin vastus.
Adjective
vast m or n (feminine singular vast?, masculine plural va?ti, feminine and neuter plural vaste)
- vast
Declension
Related terms
- vastitate
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vasta.
Noun
vast
- bundle (of switches for the sauna)
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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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