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val¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian val; close to Albanian valë.

noun valuri · val · valul · valurile

  1. neuter wave

    Similar: undă

val²

Where it comes from

From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart”), probably a later borrowing; cf. German Wall, Italian vallo, also English wall.

noun valuri · val · valul · valurile

  1. neuter earth rampart which served in antiquity as a military stronghold

In English

  • swell series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased
  • wave moving disturbance, undulation

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@misc{val_2026,
  title = {val},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/val},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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