tall

Signification (Anglais)

1. Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
2. Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.
3. Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
4. Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).
5. (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
6. (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
7. (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
8. Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

haut

grand

haute taille

de grande taille

grand et maigre

become tall

very tall

tall person

thin person

of a high stature

high rise

very long

adj i & 3 long

adj i & 3 deep

adj 9 high

refu is also used in cl 9

long and thin

long and narrow

tall tale

very thin

unmalleable

tall of stature

be tall

very tall and thin

ball-breaker

ball-buster

of a tall stature

rank,

thin people

slab sided

be high

enormous

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɔːl/

From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh word tal (“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)"

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