kaal

Significat (Anglès)

  1. without defining features, smooth, bland, plain
  2. bald, bare, without fur, plumage, foliage etc.
  3. (figuratively) skinned, without means, in a poor state

Conceptes

Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kaːl/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle Dutch cale, from Old Dutch *kalo, from Proto-West Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare German kahl, West Frisian keal, English callow.

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