valg

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valgus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

valg (feminine valga, masculine plural valgs, feminine plural valgues)

  1. (pathology) Turned outwards
    genoll valgknock-knee

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse val, from Proto-Germanic *walą. Cognate with German Wahl f. The modern Danish form has g from the verb vælge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /valˀɣ/, [ˈʋɑlˀ], [ˈʋɑlˀʝ]

Noun

valg n (singular definite valget, plural indefinite valg)

  1. choice
  2. election

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch valge. Cognate with Middle Low German valge, Middle High German valgen, velgen, West Frisian falig, Old English fealg, English fallow. More distantly related to Transalpine Gaulish olca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑlx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: valg
  • Rhymes: -ɑlx

Noun

valg f (plural valgen, diminutive valgje n)

  1. fallow

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse val.

Noun

valg n (definite singular valget, indefinite plural valg, definite plural valga or valgene)

  1. election
  2. choice

Derived terms

See also

References

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