egal

See also: égal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)

  1. (obsolete) Equal; impartial.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)

  1. Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

Derived terms

  • egalisere
  • egalitet
  • uegal

Further reading


East Central German

Adverb

egal

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) always
    Synonym: eitl

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 36:

German

Etymology

17th century, from French égal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡaːl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

egal (strong nominative masculine singular egaler, comparative egaler, superlative am egalsten)

  1. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
    Synonyms: gleichgültig, gleich
    Das ist mir egal.That's all the same to me.
    Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein.I couldn't care less.
  2. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
    Synonyms: derselbe, gleich, identisch
    Das sind zwei egale Hemden.These are two identical shirts.

Declension

Adverb

egal

  1. no matter
    Synonym: gleich
    Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.
    No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.

Synonyms

  • wumpe (colloquial, dialectal)

Derived terms


Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French égal (equal).

Adjective

egal

  1. equal

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡaːl/, /ɛˈɡaːl/

Adjective

egal

  1. equal, equivalent
  2. proportionate; sufficient, adequate, fit, fitting
  3. impartial, just, fair

Descendants

  • English: egal (obsolete)

References


Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.

Adjective

egal

  1. the same; equal

Descendants

References


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡal/

Adjective

egal m or n (feminine singular egală, masculine plural egali, feminine and neuter plural egale)

  1. equal, even

Declension

Adverb

egal

  1. equally, evenly

Noun

egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)

  1. an equal, a match

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.[1]

Adjective

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional, indeclinable) equal, same
    Sad smo egal
    Now we are equal, even steven

Synonyms

Adverb

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional) equally, same

Synonyms

References

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