Translingual

Noun

Val

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of valine

English

Proper noun

Val ‎(plural Vals)

1. A male given name, a short form of Valentine and Valerius.
   • 1920 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: In Chancery:I: Chapter 2:

     And Publius Valerius became the baby's name, though it afterwards transpired that they had got hold of the inferior Cato. In 1890, however, when little Publius was nearly ten, the word 'chic' went out of fashion, and sobriety came in; Winifred began to have doubts. They were confirmed by little Publius himself, who returned from his first term at school complaining that life was a burden to him - they called him Pubby. Winifred - a woman of real decision - promptly changed his school and his name to Val, the Publius being dropped even as an initial.

2. A female given name, a short form of Valerie.

Anagrams

• lav

Catalan

Noun

val m ‎(plural vals)

1. voucher

Verb

val

1. third-person singular present indicative form of valer
2. second-person singular imperative form of valer

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

val m

1. bulwark, rampart

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl
• IPA^(key): /vɑl/

Etymology

From the verb vallen ‎(“to fall”).

Noun

val m ‎(plural vallen, diminutive valletje n)

1. fall (act of falling)
2. downfall, demise
3. trap, snare
4. (in compounds) casus
5. (in compounds) nightfall

Synonyms

• (demise): ondergang

Derived terms

• (act of falling): regenval, sneeuwval, waterval
• (demise): bouwval
• (trap): valkuil, valstrik
• (in compounds: casus): geval, maatval, naamval, rijmval, toonval, verzenval
• (in compounds: nightfall): avondval, nachtval, valavond, valuur

Verb

val

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallen
2. imperative of vallen

Anagrams

• vla

Faroese

Noun

val n (genitive singular vals, plural val)

1. choice
2. (politics) election
3. quality

Declension

French

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/

Noun

val m ‎(plural vaux)

1. (old-fashioned) valley

See also

• vallée
• VAL

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val f ‎(plural valis)

1. valley

Synonyms

• valdade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese val, from Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val m ‎(plural vales)

1. valley

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

val n

1. choice
2. selection

Declension

Derived terms

• náttúruval
• kynbundið val

Italian

Noun

val f ‎(invariable)

1. apocopic form of valle

Lojban

Rafsi

val

1. rafsi of valsi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaðill ‎(“ford, shallow water”).

Noun

val

1. inlet, shallow bay

Inflection

References

• “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse valr ‎(“the fallen”).

Noun

val

1. (poetic) battlefield

Inflection

References

• “val” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse val.

Noun

val n ‎(definite singular valet, indefinite plural val, definite plural vala)

1. a choice

   Du har ikkje noko val.

   You don't have a choice.

2. election

   Kven skal du røysta på til valet?

   Who are you going to vote for in the election?

Synonyms

• (election) røysting

See also

• valg (Bokmål)

References

• “val” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• vaul

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val m ‎(oblique plural vaus or vax or vals, nominative singular vaus or vax or vals, nominative plural val)

1. valley

Descendants

• English: vale (borrowed)
• French: val

Old High German

Noun

val m

1. fall

Descendants

• German: Fall

Portuguese

Verb

val

1. (Portugal) third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of valer

Noun

val m (plural vales)

1. apocopic form of vale: valley

Synonyms

• vale

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Slavonic valŭ (Proto-Slavic *valъ), from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- ‎(“to turn, roll”).

Noun

val n ‎(plural valuri)

1. wave

Synonyms

• undă

Derived terms

• învălura

Etymology 2

From Latin vallum ‎(“wall, rampart”).

Noun

val n ‎(plural valuri)

1. earth rampart which served in antiquity as a military stronghold

See also

• văl

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem.

Noun

val f (plural vals)

1. valley

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *valъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- ‎(“to turn, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːl/

Noun

vȃl m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ва̑л)

1. wave

Declension

Synonyms

• tȁlās

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *valъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(H)- ‎(“to turn, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋáːl/
• Tonal orthography: vȃl

Noun

vál m inan ‎(genitive vála, nominative plural valôvi or váli)

1. wave, undulation

Declension

Derived terms

• valováti
• valovéti
• valovíti
• valôven

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal/, /ˈβal/

Noun

val m ‎(plural valles)

1. apocopic form of valle valley

Synonyms

• valle

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos ‎(“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːl/

Noun

val c

1. whale

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse val.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːl/

Noun

val n

1. an election^[1]
2. a choice

Declension

References

1. ↑ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden

Venetian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/
• Hyphenation: vàl

Etymology

From Latin vallis.

Noun

val f (plural val)

1. valley

Synonyms

• vałe