"wal" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ʋɑl/ Audio: Nl-wal.ogg Forms: wallen [plural], walletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑl Etymology: From Latin vallum (“wall”), from vallus (“stake, palisade, point”). Cognate with English wall. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|la|vallum||wall}} Latin vallum (“wall”), {{cog|en|wall}} English wall Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)
  1. coast, shore (side of land near to the water) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-Bh21G~u2
  2. earthen levee as protection against flooding Tags: masculine Synonyms: dijk
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-7k8OYHy8
  3. wall around city as military defense Tags: masculine Synonyms: omwalling, stadsmuur
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-2MyQlGqL
  4. periorbital dark circle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-Tc4sbEYy
  5. (generally in the plural) eyebags Tags: masculine Synonyms: oogwal
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-X5kN0wTS Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 12 26 50 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bewallen, de beste stuurlui staan aan wal, kant noch wal raken, stadswal, van wal steken, walling
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʋɑl/ Audio: Nl-wal.ogg Forms: wallen [plural], walletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑl Etymology: From Middle Dutch wal (“whale”), from Old Dutch *wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|wal||whale}} Middle Dutch wal (“whale”), {{inh|nl|odt|*wal}} Old Dutch *wal, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*hwal}} Proto-West Germanic *hwal, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hwalaz||whale}} Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”), {{cog|en|whale}} English whale Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)
  1. (archaic) whale Tags: archaic, masculine Synonyms: walvis, waldier Derived forms: grindewal, waldier, walrus, walschot, walvis
    Sense id: en-wal-nl-noun-pdKuKG0N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    },
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}

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