egal

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)

  1. (obsolete) Equal; impartial.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French égal.

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

  1. Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

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East Central German

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Adverb

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egal

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) always
    Synonym: eitl

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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17th century, from French égal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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Indeclinable, predicative-only.

Adverb

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egal

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

Interjection

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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

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  • wumpe (colloquial, dialectal)

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French égal (equal).

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egal

  1. equal

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡaːl/, /ɛˈɡaːl/

Adjective

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egal

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

Descendants

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  • English: egal (obsolete)

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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

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egal

  1. the same; equal

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

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

  1. equal, even

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Adverb

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egal

  1. equally, evenly

Noun

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egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)

  1. an equal, a match

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.[1]

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ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

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

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ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)

  1. (regional) equally, same
    Synonym: jednako

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Swedish

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Adjective

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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

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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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