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val

Pronunciation: /vɑl/

“val” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a fall (act or event of falling)
  2. a downfall, demise
  3. a physical trap, snare
  4. any trap, ploy
  5. halyard
  6. a catfish
  7. any of its relatives in the family Siluridae
  8. an East Indian weight for silver and gold.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch val, from Old Dutch *fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz. Equivalent to a deverbal from vallen (“to fall”).

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