egal

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See also: égal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)

  1. (obsolete) Equal; impartial.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)

  1. Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

Derived terms

Further reading

East Central German

Adverb

egal

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) always
    Synonym: eitl

Further reading

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German

Etymology

17th century, from French égal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡaːl/
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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

egal (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
    Synonyms: gleichgültig, gleich
    Das ist mir egal. ― That's all the same to me.
    Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. ― I couldn't care less.
  2. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
    Synonyms: derselbe, gleich, identisch
    Das sind zwei egale Hemden. ― These are two identical shirts.

Declension

Indeclinable, predicative-only.

Adverb

egal

  1. no matter
    Synonym: gleich
    Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.
    No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.

Interjection

egal

  1. expresses indifference
    "Willst du zuerst ins Kino oder ins Café gehen?" "Egal."
    "Do you want to go to the cinema or the cafe first? " "I don't mind."

Synonyms

  • wumpe (colloquial, dialectal)

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French égal (“equal”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

egal

  1. equal

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡaːl/, /ɛˈɡaːl/

Adjective

egal

  1. equal, equivalent
  2. proportionate; sufficient, adequate, fit, fitting
  3. impartial, just, fair

Descendants

  • English: egal (obsolete)

References

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.

Adjective

egal

  1. the same; equal

Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

egal m or n (feminine singular egală, masculine plural egali, feminine and neuter plural egale)

  1. equal, even

Declension

Declension of egal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite egal egală egali egale
definite egalul egala egalii egalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite egal egale egali egale
definite egalului egalei egalelor egalilor

Related terms

Adverb

egal

  1. equally, evenly

Noun

egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)

  1. an equal, a match

Declension

Declension of egal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) egal egalul (niște) egali egalii
genitive/dative (unui) egal egalului (unor) egali egalilor
vocative egalule egalilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

Adjective

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional, indeclinable) equal, same
    Synonym: jednak
    Sad smo egal
    Now we are equal, even steven

Adverb

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional) equally, same
    Synonym: jednako

References

  1. ^ Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Adjective

egal (not comparable)

  1. unimportant, not mattering
    Det är egalt vilken vi väljer
    It doesn't matter which one we choose
    Det är mig egalt
    It's not important to me / I don't care

Declension

Inflection of egal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular egal — —
Neuter singular egalt — —
Plural egala — —
Masculine plural3 egale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 egale — —
All egala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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