wal

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From Latin vallum (“wall”), from vallus (“stake, palisade, point”). Cognate with English wall.

wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)

1. coast, shore (side of land near to the water)
2. earthen levee as protection against flooding
3. wall around city as military defense
4. periorbital dark circle
5. eye circle; bags

• (levee): dijk
• (defensive wall): omwalling, stadsmuur
• (eye bags): oogwal

• bewallen, walling, stadswal

From Middle Dutch wal (“whale”), from Old Dutch *wal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”). Cognate with English whale. Possibly to avoid confusion with wal (“wall; shore”), the derived compound word walvis (“whale; lit. whale-fish”) gained currency over wal (“whale”). Similar clarifying compounds can be found elsewhere in Dutch: kraanvogel (“crane; lit. crane-bird”), muildier (“mule; lit. mule-animal”), oeros (“auroch; auroch-ox”), rendier (“rein; lit. rein-animal”), tortelduif (“turtle (bird); lit. turtle dove”) and windhond (“greyhound; lit. wind-dog”).

wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)

1. (archaic) whale

• (whale): walvis, waldier

• grindewal
• waldier
• walrus
• walschot
• walvis

• IPA^(key): /val/

wal

1. container
2. rubbish bin

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

From Old English wæl.

• wæl, wæle, wale, wel

wal (plural wals)

1. death, slaughter.

From Old Norse val.

wal

1. Alternative form of wale (“selection, preference”)

wal

1. Alternative form of wale (“great”)

From Old English wel.

wal

1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

• IPA^(key): /val/

wal m anim

1. whale (certain species)

• wieloryb, waleń

wal

1. second-person singular imperative of walić

• wal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wal

1. Soft mutation of gwal.