"wadmal" meaning in English

See wadmal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: wadmals [plural], wadmaal [alternative], wadmeal [alternative], wadmel [alternative], wadmell [alternative], wadmol [alternative], wadmoll [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wadmal}} Middle English wadmal, {{der|en|non|váðmál|t=woolen stuff}} Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), {{cog|da|vadmel}} Danish vadmel, {{cog|sv|vadmal}} Swedish vadmal, {{cog|nn|vadmål}} Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål, {{cog|is|vaðmál}} Icelandic vaðmál Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)
  1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton. Wikipedia link: wadmal Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: wad, weed (english: garment) Translations (fabric): sarka (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wadmal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wadmal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "váðmál",
        "t": "woolen stuff"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vadmel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vadmel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vadmal"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vadmal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "vadmål"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "vaðmál"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic vaðmál",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wadmals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmaal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmeal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmol",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmoll",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fabrics",
          "orig": "en:Fabrics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton."
      ],
      "id": "en-wadmal-en-noun-O0ldI6VL",
      "links": [
        [
          "coarse",
          "coarse"
        ],
        [
          "napped",
          "napped"
        ],
        [
          "melton",
          "melton"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "wad"
        },
        {
          "english": "garment",
          "word": "weed"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fabric",
          "word": "sarka"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "wadmal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wadmal"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wadmal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wadmal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "váðmál",
        "t": "woolen stuff"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vadmel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vadmel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vadmal"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vadmal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "vadmål"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "vaðmál"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic vaðmál",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wadmals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmaal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmeal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmol",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadmoll",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wad"
    },
    {
      "english": "garment",
      "word": "weed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "en:Fabrics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coarse",
          "coarse"
        ],
        [
          "napped",
          "napped"
        ],
        [
          "melton",
          "melton"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "wadmal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "word": "sarka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wadmal"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wadmal meaning in English (2.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.