Wales
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK, US) enPR: wālz, IPA(key): /weɪlz/, [weɪɫz]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlz
- Homophones: whales, wails (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)
Proper noun
editWales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)
- One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
- Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales
- (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883). [1]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Alaska.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York.
- A city in North Dakota.
- A town in Utah.
- A village in Wisconsin.
- A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms
edit- (country or Welsh area): Cymru, Welshland
- The Principality
Related terms
edit- (constituent country): Welsh
Translations
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References
editAnagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWales m inan (related adjective waleský or velšský)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Wales”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
editProper noun
editWales
- Wales
Dutch
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWales n
- Wales (country)
Anagrams
editEstonian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Wales.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWales (genitive Walesi, partitive Walesi)
- Wales (a country in northwestern Europe, a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- Synonym: (rare) Kõmrimaa
Usage notes
editSince this is an unadapted borrowing, there is no set pronunciation, it depends on the speaker's knowledge of English. The pronunciation above is the most common.
Declension
editDeclension of Wales (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | Wales | — | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | Walesi | ||
genitive | — | ||
partitive | Walesi | — | |
illative | Walesi Walesisse |
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inessive | Walesis | — | |
elative | Walesist | — | |
allative | Walesile | — | |
adessive | Walesil | — | |
ablative | Walesilt | — | |
translative | Walesiks | — | |
terminative | Walesini | — | |
essive | Walesina | — | |
abessive | Walesita | — | |
comitative | Walesiga | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈwei̯ls/, [ˈwe̞i̯ls̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋei̯ls/, [ˈʋe̞i̯ls̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑles/, [ˈwɑ̝le̞s̠] (rare)
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑles/, [ˈʋɑ̝le̞s̠] (rare)
Proper noun
editWales
Declension
edit- When written:
Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Wales | — | |
genitive | Walesin | — | |
partitive | Walesia | — | |
illative | Walesiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Wales | — | |
accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
gen. | Walesin | ||
genitive | Walesin | — | |
partitive | Walesia | — | |
inessive | Walesissa | — | |
elative | Walesista | — | |
illative | Walesiin | — | |
adessive | Walesilla | — | |
ablative | Walesilta | — | |
allative | Walesille | — | |
essive | Walesina | — | |
translative | Walesiksi | — | |
abessive | Walesitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- When spoken:
Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Wales | — | |
genitive | Walesin | — | |
partitive | Walesiä | — | |
illative | Walesiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Wales | — | |
accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
gen. | Walesin | ||
genitive | Walesin | — | |
partitive | Walesiä | — | |
inessive | Walesissä | — | |
elative | Walesistä | — | |
illative | Walesiin | — | |
adessive | Walesillä | — | |
ablative | Walesiltä | — | |
allative | Walesille | — | |
essive | Walesinä | — | |
translative | Walesiksi | — | |
abessive | Walesittä | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editGerman
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWales n (proper noun, genitive Wales' or (with an article) Wales)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Related terms
editHungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWales
- Wales (a country in the United Kingdom)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Wales | — |
accusative | Walest | — |
dative | Walesnek | — |
instrumental | Walesszel | — |
causal-final | Walesért | — |
translative | Walesszé | — |
terminative | Walesig | — |
essive-formal | Walesként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Walesben | — |
superessive | Walesen | — |
adessive | Walesnél | — |
illative | Walesbe | — |
sublative | Walesre | — |
allative | Waleshez | — |
elative | Walesből | — |
delative | Walesről | — |
ablative | Walestől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Walesé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Waleséi | — |
Possessive forms of Wales | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Walesem | — |
2nd person sing. | Walesed | — |
3rd person sing. | Walese | — |
1st person plural | Walesünk | — |
2nd person plural | Walesetek | — |
3rd person plural | Walesük | — |
Derived terms
editIndonesian
editProper noun
editWales
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -es.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWales
- Wales (constituent part of the United Kingdom)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “Wāles, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editWales
- Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editWales
- Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)
Related terms
editRomanian
editProper noun
editWales n
- Wales (a country in northwestern Europe, a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- Synonym: Țara Galilor
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editWales m inan (genitive singular Walesu, declension pattern of dub)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
References
edit- “Wales”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editWales n (genitive Wales)
Related terms
edit- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪlz
- Rhymes:English/eɪlz/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Wales
- en:Countries of the United Kingdom
- en:Places in the United Kingdom
- English terms with historical senses
- English surnames
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Alaska, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Alaska, USA
- en:Towns in Maine, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Cities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Towns in Utah, USA
- en:Places in Utah, USA
- en:Villages in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Ontario
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech terms with audio pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Wales
- cs:Countries of the United Kingdom
- cs:Places in the United Kingdom
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- da:Countries of the United Kingdom
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːls
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Countries of the United Kingdom
- nl:Wales
- Estonian terms borrowed from English
- Estonian unadapted borrowings from English
- Estonian terms derived from English
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/ueils
- Rhymes:Estonian/ueils/1 syllable
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian terms spelled with W
- et:Wales
- et:Countries in Europe
- et:Countries
- Estonian riik-type nominals
- Estonian uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- fi:Countries of the United Kingdom
- fi:Wales
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Wales
- de:Countries of the United Kingdom
- de:Places in the United Kingdom
- Hungarian terms borrowed from English
- Hungarian terms derived from English
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛls
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Wales
- hu:Countries of the United Kingdom
- hu:Places in the United Kingdom
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Countries of the United Kingdom
- id:Wales
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms suffixed with -es
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English proper nouns
- enm:Countries in Europe
- enm:United Kingdom
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Countries of the United Kingdom
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Countries of the United Kingdom
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with W
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Wales
- ro:Countries in Europe
- ro:Countries
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak terms spelled with W
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Wales
- sk:Countries of the United Kingdom
- sk:Places in the United Kingdom
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Countries of the United Kingdom
- sv:Wales