User:KYPark/wall

English

wall

Etymology 3

From Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallan (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.

Noun

wall (plural walls)

(Selected)

1. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2. A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

   The town wall was surrounded by a moat.

3. Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.

   We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.

   The wind blew against the walls of the tent.

Translations

(Selected)

defensive rampart built up of earth, stone etc.

• Dutch: muur (nl)
• German: Wall (de) m
• Greek: τείχος (el) n (teíchos) (teíchos)
• Hungarian: fal (hu)
• Irish: balla m
• Italian: vallo (it) m
• Latin: vallum
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: voll m
• Old English: weall m
• Polish: wał m, mur (pl) m
• Portuguese: muro m, muralha f
• Romansch: mir m, meir m, mür m
• Spanish: muro (es) m, muralla (es) f
• Ukrainian: мур m (mur)

structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area

• Catalan: mur m, muralla f
• Danish: mur c
• Dutch: muur (nl)
• Finnish: muuri (fi)
• French: murs (fr) m pl, remparts (fr) m pl
• German: Mauer (de) f, Wall (de) m
• Greek: τείχος (el) n (teíchos) (teíchos)
• Hungarian: fal (hu)
• Icelandic: múr m
• Irish: balla m
• Italian: muro (it) m
• Latin: murus (la) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: mur (no) m
• Old English: weall m
• Polish: mur (pl) m
• Portuguese: muralha (pt) f, muro (pt) m, valo m, baluarte m
• Romansch: mir m, meir m, mür m
• Scottish Gaelic: mùr m
• Spanish: muro (es) m, muralla (es) f
• Swedish: mur (sv) c
• Welsh: mur (cy) m
• West Frisian: muorre, wâl

permanent, substantial side or division in a building

• Danish: væg c
• Dutch: muur (nl)
• Faroese: veggur m
• French: mur (fr) m, paroi (fr) m
• German: Wand (de) f, Mauer (de) f
• Greek: τοίχος (el) m (toíchos) (toíchos)
• Hungarian: fal (hu)
• Icelandic: veggur (is) m
• Irish: balla m
• Italian: muro (it) m, parete f
• Korean: 벽 (byeok)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: vegg (no) m
• Old English: weall m
• Portuguese: parede (pt) f
• Romanian: perete (ro) m
• Romansch: (external) mir m, meir m, mür m, (internal) paraid f, preit f, pare f
• Scottish Gaelic: balla m
• Spanish: pared (es) f, muralla f
• Swedish: vägg (sv) c
• Welsh: gwal (cy) f, mur (cy) m
• West Frisian: muorre, wâl

Related terms

bank

• eng: bank
• est: pank
• ice: bakki
• swe: bank

dam

• eng: dam
• est: tamm "dike"
• nor: dam "pond"
• swe: damm "pond"

dick

• eng: dick

dig

• eng: dig
• swe: dika

dike

• eng: dike
• eng: dyke
• dan: dige
• deu: Deich
• dut: dijk
• fre: digue
• ita: diga
• lat: diga
• por: dique
• spa: dique

malelike lesbian

cf. #dick, #thick

ditch

• eng: ditch
• nor: dike
• swe: dike

dough

• eng: dough

duck

• eng: duck
• ang: duce

ducks on the pond

(Australian) A coded warning used by men to alert each other that female guests ("ducks") are present ("on the pond"), so that for politeness they should moderate their language.

duct

• eng: duct

duke

• eng: duke

dyke

See: #dike

fosse

• eng: fosse
• ita: fosso
• lat: fossa

hedge

• eng: hedge
• ang: haga

moat

• eng: moat

mure

• eng: mure
• lat: murus

pond

• eng: pond
• est: tiik
• lav: dīķis
• nor: dam

pool

• swe: damm

thick

• eng: thick
• deu: dick
• dut: dik

thigh

• eng: thigh
• dut: dij

trench

• eng: trench
• ita: fosso
• lat: fossa