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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtall,talle,tal(“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), fromOld English*tæl,ġetæl(“swift, ready, having mastery of”), fromProto-Germanic*talaz(“submissive, pliable, obedient”), fromProto-Indo-European*dol-,*del-(“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”).

Cognate withScotstal(“high, lofty, tall”),Old Frisiantel(“swift”),Old Saxongital(“quick”),Old High Germangizal(“active, agile”),Gothic𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃(untals,“indocile, disobedient”).

TheOxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [oftall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such asbuxom,canny,clean,clever,cunning,deft,elegant,handsome,pretty,proper; Germanklein, as compared with Englishclean, presents the antithesis to moderntall as compared totall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welshtal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh wordtal(“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)"[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tall (comparativetaller,superlativetallest)

  1. (of a person) Having avertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
    Antonym:short
    Beingtall is an advantage in basketball.
  2. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a greatvertical (and often greater thanhorizontal) extent.
    Synonym:(less common)high
    Antonyms:low,low-rise,short
    Tall trees, at least about 30m high.
    • 2018,Tim Flannery,Europe: A Natural History, page55:
      To him it seemed that the Bornean rainforests, thetallest on Earth, were places that had: 'remained untouched and unchanged since remote geological epochs[.]'
  3. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as atall story or atall tale.
    • 1870,The Cornhill Magazine, volume21, page 9:
      "That'stall talk."
      "Not an inch taller than the truth."
  5. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller thangrande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
    Coordinate terms:grande,venti
  6. (obsolete)Obsequious;obedient.
  7. (obsolete)Seemly;suitable;fitting,becoming,comely;attractive,handsome.
  8. (obsolete)Bold;brave;courageous;valiant.
  9. (archaic)Fine;proper;admirable;great;excellent.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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of a person
of a building
of a story
of a cup of coffee
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Noun

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tall (pluraltalls)

  1. (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
    • 1912, George Francis Atkinson,Botany for High Schools, Henry Holt and Company:
      But in the second generation of hybrids (from seed of the first)talls and dwarfs were both present, and in the proportion of twelve talls to four dwarfs.
    • 2009, Arianne Cohen,The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High, page197:
      The industries that best accommodatetalls are those that have faced personal injury lawsuits.
    • 2018 June 5, Chris Robinson, “Fremantle Dockers defender Alex Pearce faces fitness test on injured ankle”, inThe West Australian‎[1]:
      Fremantle remains unsure about the status a pair of keytalls ahead of a defining clash with Adelaide at Optus Stadium.
  2. Aclothing size for taller people.
    Do you have this in atall?
  3. A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

References

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  1. ^Oxford English DictionaryT, p. 57.
  • “tall”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Albanian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Albanian*talna, related toLithuanianti̇̀lti(“to become silent”),Old Irishtuilid(“to sleep”),Proto-Slavic*toliti(“to persuade, to make quiet”).[1]

Verb

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tall (aoristtalla,participletallur)(transitive)

  1. toridicule,mock
  2. toderide,laugh at

Conjugation

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Standard Albanian conjugation oftall (active voice)

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participletallur
gerundduke tallur
infinitivepër të tallur
singularplural
1st pers.2nd pers.3rd pers.1st pers.2nd pers.3rd pers.
indicativepresenttalltalltalltallimtallnitallin
imperfecttalljatalljetalltetallnimtallnittallnin
aoristtallatalletallitallëmtallëttallën
perfectkam tallurke tallurka tallurkemi tallurkeni tallurkanë tallur
past perfectkisha tallurkishe tallurkishte tallurkishim tallurkishit tallurkishin tallur
aorist IIpata tallurpate tallurpati tallurpatëm tallurpatët tallurpatën tallur
future1do tëtalldo tëtallëshdo tëtallëdo tëtallimdo tëtallnido tëtallin
future perfect2do të kem tallurdo të kesh tallurdo të ketë tallurdo të kemi tallurdo të keni tallurdo të kenë tallur
subjunctivepresenttëtalltëtallështëtallëtëtallimtëtallnitëtallin
imperfecttëtalljatëtalljetëtalltetëtallnimtëtallnittëtallnin
perfecttë kem tallurtë kesh tallurtë ketë tallurtë kemi tallurtë keni tallurtë kenë tallur
past perfecttë kisha tallurtë kishe tallurtë kishte tallurtë kishim tallurtë kishit tallurtë kishin tallur
conditional1, 2imperfectdo tëtalljado tëtalljedo tëtalltedo tëtallnimdo tëtallnitdo tëtallnin
past perfectdo të kisha tallurdo të kishe tallurdo të kishte tallurdo të kishim tallurdo të kishit tallurdo të kishin tallur
optativepresenttallshatallshtalltëtallshimtallshitallshin
perfectpaça tallurpaç tallurpastë tallurpaçim tallurpaçit tallurpaçin tallur
admirativepresenttallkamtallketallkatallkemitallkenitallkan
imperfecttallkëshatallkëshetallkështallkëshimtallkëshittallkëshin
perfectpaskam tallurpaske tallurpaska tallurpaskemi tallurpaskeni tallurpaskan tallur
past perfectpaskësha tallurpaskëshe tallurpaskësh tallurpaskëshim tallurpaskëshit tallurpaskëshin tallur
imperativepresent—tall——tallni—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

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References

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  1. ^Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “tall”, inAlbanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page448

Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deverbal fromtallar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tall m

  1. cut,slice
  2. cutting edge
  3. cutaway(of a guitar)
  4. (golf)cut

Further reading

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Breton

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Adjective

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tall

  1. hard mutation ofdall

Catalan

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Etymology

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Deverbal fromtallar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tall m (pluraltalls)

  1. cutting edge
  2. edge(of a page)
  3. cut,slice
  4. cutaway(of a guitar)
  5. (golf)cut

Further reading

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  • “tall” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tall (genitivetalle,partitivetalle)

  1. lamb
Declension
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Declension oftall (ÕS type22i/külm, length gradation)
singularplural
nominativetalltalled
accusativenom.
gen.talle
genitivetallede
partitivetalletalli
tallesid
illativetalle
tallesse		talledesse
tallisse
inessivetallestalledes
tallis
elativetallesttalledest
tallist
allativetalleletalledele
tallile
adessivetalleltalledel
tallil
ablativetallelttalledelt
tallilt
translativetallekstalledeks
talliks
terminativetallenitalledeni
essivetallenatalledena
abessivetalletatalledeta
comitativetallegatalledega

Note: the short plural forms from illative onward are almost never used.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tall (genitivetalli,partitivetalli)

  1. horsestable
Declension
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Declension oftall (ÕS type22e/riik, length gradation)
singularplural
nominativetalltallid
accusativenom.
gen.talli
genitivetallide
partitivetallitalle
tallisid
illativetalli
tallisse		tallidesse
tallesse
inessivetallistallides
talles
elativetallisttallidest
tallest
allativetalliletallidele
tallele
adessivetalliltallidel
tallel
ablativetallilttallidelt
tallelt
translativetallikstallideks
talleks
terminativetallinitallideni
essivetallinatallidena
abessivetallitatallideta
comitativetalligatallidega

Gullah

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Etymology

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FromEnglishtall.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tall

  1. big
  2. tall

Adverb

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tall

  1. To a great extent
    example: sway tall ("swear extensively and fervently")

References

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  • De Nyew Testament‎[2], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.,2025

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic*talą
Old Norsetal
Norwegian Bokmåltall

    Inherited fromOld Norsetal, fromProto-Germanic*talą(“number, speech”).

    Noun

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    tall n (definite singulartallet,indefinite pluraltall,definite pluraltallaortallene)

    1. number,numeral,figure

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Noun

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    tall f (definite singulartallaortalli,indefinite pluraltaller,definite pluraltallene)

    1. (pre-2012)alternative form oftoll

    Old Irish

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    Adverb

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    tall

    1. there
      Is bec ndi dechur fil etarru siu ⁊tall. ―There is little difference between them here andthere.
    2. then
      amal du·ratsat sacairdtall bendachta forsin popul ―as the priests had blessed the peoplethen

    Descendants

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    Determiner

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    tall

    1. that(used after the noun, which is preceded by thedefinite article)
      a tadalltall ―that visit

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    Swedish

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    SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipediasv
    tallar (och någrabjörkar) [pines (and a few birches)]
    tallbark [pine bark]

    Etymology

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    FromOld Norseþǫll. Cognate withJamtishtoll,Icelandicþöll.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    tall c

    1. pine,Scots pine tree,Pinus sylvestris

    Declension

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    Declension oftall
    nominativegenitive
    singularindefinitetalltalls
    definitetallentallens
    pluralindefinitetallartallars
    definitetallarnatallarnas

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    Anagrams

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    Woiwurrung

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    Noun

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    tall

    1. musk daisy-bush (Olearia argophylla)[1]

    References

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    1. ^https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
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