tale

  • 41tale — Tael Tael, n. [Malay ta?l, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.] A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42tale — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete discourse, talk 2. a. a series of events or facts told or presented ; account b. (1) a report of a private o …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43Tale —    1) Heb. tokhen, a task, as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered measure.    2) Heb. hegeh, a thought; meditation (Ps. 90:9); meaning… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 44Tale — Payment by tale was the literal counting out of the coins, rather than by weight. Cf. Ad pondum …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 45Tale — afrikanischer Name, besonders in Botswana verbreitet, Bedeutung: grün; auch ein Mädchenname. Tale, Talea, Taleja, Talena, Taletta, Talina, Taline friesische, niederländische Koseform von → Adelheid (Bedeutung: von edler Gestalt) …

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  • 46tale — amentale antigouvernementale apétale azimutale aéropostale brutale capitale comportementale comtale congénitale continentale crotale dentale dialectale dialypétale digitale dipétale distale dotale décrétale départementale détale emmenthal… …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 47tale — [OE] A tale is etymologically something that is ‘told’. The word is descended from a prehistoric Germanic *talō, a derivative of the base *tal , which also produced English talk and tell. Of its Germanic relatives, German zahl, Dutch getal,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48tale — noun 1》 a fictitious or true story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.     ↘a lie. 2》 archaic a number or total. Phrases a tale of a tub archaic an apocryphal story. Origin OE talu telling, something told , of Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49Talė — Sp Tãlė Ap Таль/Tal’ L u. Š Ukrainoje …

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  • 50tale — [teɪl] noun [C] a story about imaginary events or people • See: old wives tale …

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