egal
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːɡəl/
- Homophones: eagle, Eagle
Adjective
egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)
- (obsolete) Equal; impartial.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 4:
- Whose souls do bear an egal yoke of love,
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)
- Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight
Derived terms
Further reading
- “egal” in Den Danske Ordbog
East Central German
Adverb
egal
- (Erzgebirgisch) always
- Synonym: eitl
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:
German
Etymology
17th century, from French égal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
egal (indeclinable, predicative only)
- (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.
- (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
Declension
Indeclinable, predicative-only.
Adverb
egal
- no matter
- Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.
- No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.
Interjection
egal
- 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
Pronunciation
Adjective
egal
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
egal
Descendants
- English: egal (obsolete)
References
- “ē̆gāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.
Adjective
egal
Descendants
- Occitan: egal
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aequalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 212
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)
Declension
Related terms
Adverb
egal
Noun
egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.[1]
Adjective
ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)
Adverb
ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)
References
Swedish
Adjective
egal (not comparable)
- 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 |
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