taal

From Dutch taal, from Middle Dutch tale, from Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō.

• IPA^(key): /tɑːl/

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taal (plural tale)

1. language

• moedertaal
• skryftaal
• spreektaal
• standaardtaal
• taalonderrig
• taalpolitiek
• volkstaal

From Taal.

• Hyphenation: ta‧al

taal

1. the Lake Taal snake (Hydrophis semperi)

• tale (obsolete)

From earlier tale, from Middle Dutch tāle, from Old Dutch *tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō. Compare Danish tale.

• IPA^(key): /taːl/

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• Hyphenation: taal
• Rhymes: -aːl

taal f (plural talen, diminutive taaltje n)

1. (countable) language (form of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar)
2. (uncountable) language (capability to communicate with words)
3. (uncountable) language (means or manner of expression)
4. (uncountable, countable) language (specific lect or jargon)
5. (uncountable) language (particular words of a text or speech act)

• Afrikaans: taal
• Jersey Dutch: tâl
• Negerhollands: taal
• Petjo: taal
• → Aukan: tali

• laat

taal (genitive taala, partitive taala)

1. (colloquial) dollar

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taal (verbal noun taaley, past participle taalit)

1. draw
2. flow
3. secrete, lactate

• Hyphenation: ta‧al
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔal/, [tɐˈʔal]

taál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜎ᜔)

1. native; aborigine; indigenous

   Synonym: katutubo

2. natural; inborn

   Synonyms: likas, natural, katutubo

• Taal

• Hyphenation: ta‧al
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔal/, [ˈta.ʔɐl]

taal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜎ᜔)

1. Moluccan ironwood, a species of tree (Intsia bijuga)

   Synonyms: ipil, ipil-lalao, ipil-laut

From Old Frisian tale, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō.

taal c (plural talen, diminutive taaltsje)

1. (countable) language (form of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar)
2. (uncountable) language (means or manner of expression)
3. (uncountable, countable) language (specific lect or jargon)
4. (uncountable) language (capability to communicate with words)

• streektaal

• “taal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

taal

1. Alternative form of tyel
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 20:

     An a cat at a big-peeps an a taal o hays coat.

     And the cat ate his bag-pipes and the tail of his coat.

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133