vals

vals

1. plural of val

• Slav, lavs

Borrowed from Dutch vals.

• IPA^(key): /fals/
• Hyphenation: vals
• Rhymes: -als

vals (attributive valse, comparative valser, superlative valsste)

1. counterfeit, imitation, fake

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbals]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvals]
• Rhymes: -als

Borrowed from German Walzer.

vals m (plural valsos)

1. waltz

vals

1. second-person singular present indicative of valer
2. second-person singular present indicative of valdre

• “vals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French valse.

vals

1. waltz

• “vals”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to roll”).

• IPA^(key): /vals/, [valˀs]

vals c (singular definite valsen, plural indefinite valse)

1. waltz

• “vals” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vals” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• valsch (obsolete spelling)

From Middle Dutch valsch, from Old French fals, from Latin falsus.

• IPA^(key): /vɑls/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vals
• Rhymes: -ɑls

vals (comparative valser, superlative meest vals or valst)

1. fake, false

   Synonym: nep

   Antonym: echt

2. (music) off-key, out of tune

   Antonym: zuiver

3. vicious
   • 1619, Hendrick Slatius, Ioannes Calvinus, vreedt, bitter, vals. Dat is: Corte ende cleare verbeldinghe van den aert oft gheest Ioannis Calvini ... Eerst gheteeckent door eenen liefhebber der Nederlantsche [i.e. H. Slatius], etc:
4. (dated) incorrect, untrue

Declension of vals
uninflected	vals
inflected	valse
comparative	valser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vals	valser	het valst het valste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	valse	valsere	valste
	n. sing.	vals	valser	valste
	plural	valse	valsere	valste
definite		valse	valsere	valste
partitive		vals	valsers	—

• valsheid
• vervalsen

• Afrikaans: vals
• Negerhollands: valsch, vals
• → Indonesian: fals (“off-key, out of tune”)

• vlas

vals m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valsar)

1. waltz

Declension of vals
m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vals	valsinn	valsar	valsarnir
accusative	vals	valsinn	valsa	valsana
dative	valsi	valsinum	völsum	völsunum
genitive	vals	valsins	valsa	valsanna

From German Walzer (sense 1), and Walze (sense 2).

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)

1. (dance) a waltz
2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

• valse (sense 2)

• valse (verb)
• veivals

vals

1. imperative of valse

• “vals” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Walzer (sense 1), Walze (sense 2).

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valsar, definite plural valsane)

1. (dance) a waltz
2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

• valse (sense 2)

• valse (verb)

• “vals” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vals

1. plural of val

• IPA^(key): /vals/

vals m (plural vals)

1. waltz

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.

vals n (plural valsuri)

1. (music) waltz

• a valsa

Borrowed from German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbals/ [ˈbals]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -als
• Syllabification: vals

vals m (uncountable)

1. waltz

• “vals”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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vals c

1. waltz, a dance
2. lie, untruth

   att dra en vals

   to lie

3. roller; a rotating cylindrical device, usually part of a machine, where it may apply or reduce pressure.

• valsa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vals

1. indefinite genitive singular of val

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vals

1. indefinite genitive singular of val
2. indefinite genitive plural of val

• alvs, lavs, slav, sval