fallow

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• UK: /ˈfæləʊ/
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• US: fălʹō
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• US: /ˈfæloʊ/
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• rhymes with -æləʊ
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[Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh2 (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)).

[Alt: A photograph of a light brown deer.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealu, from Proto-West Germanic *falu, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (compare West Frisian feal, Dutch vaal, German falb, fahl, French fauve), from Proto-Indo-European *polwos (compare Lithuanian pal̃vas (“sallow, wan”), Russian поло́вый (polóvyj, “wan, light yellow”), Serbo-Croatian plâv (“blond, blue”), Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale, gray”).

From Middle English falowen, falwen, from Old English fealgian (“to fallow; break up land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgōn (“to fallow”). Cognate with Dutch valgen (“to plow lightly; fallow”), German Low German falgen (“to till; dig a hole”).

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: незасят (nezasjat) — of land, left unseeded
• Dutch: braakliggend — of land, left unseeded
• Finnish: kesannoitu — of land, left unseeded
• Finnish: kesannolla — of land, left unseeded
• French: en jachère — of land, left unseeded
• French: en friche — of land, left unseeded
• German: brach — of land, left unseeded
• German: brachliegend — of land, left unseeded
• German: unbestellt — of land, left unseeded
• Irish: fódbhán — of land, left unseeded
• Luxembourgish: brooch — of land, left unseeded
• Māori: papatua — of land, left unseeded
• Norwegian Bokmål: brakk — of land, left unseeded
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brakk — of land, left unseeded
• Polish: odłogi — of land, left unseeded
• Polish: odłogowy — of land, left unseeded
• Polish: ugorowy — of land, left unseeded
• Ottoman Turkish: قیراچ (kıraç) — of land, left unseeded
• Finnish: joutilas — inactive, undeveloped
• Finnish: kehittymätön — inactive, undeveloped
• Finnish: laiska — inactive, undeveloped
• French: en friche — inactive, undeveloped
• German: brachliegend — inactive, undeveloped
• German: unproduktiv — inactive, undeveloped
• Irish: díomhaoin — inactive, undeveloped
• Bulgarian: жълтокафяв (žǎltokafjav) — light brown; dun
• Georgian: ღია მოწითალო-ყვითელი (ɣia moc̣italo-q̇viteli) — light brown; dun
• Georgian: ღია მოყავისფრო-ყვითელი (ɣia moq̇avispro-q̇viteli) — light brown; dun
• German: falb — light brown; dun
• German: braungelb — light brown; dun
• German: hellbraun — light brown; dun
• Old High German: falo — light brown; dun
• Hungarian: kese — light brown; dun
• Irish: donnbhuí — light brown; dun
• Polish: płowy — light brown; dun
• Albanian: djerr — ground left unseeded for a year
• Aragonese: güerba — ground left unseeded for a year
• Armenian: ցել (cʻel) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Bulgarian: у́гар (úgar) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Catalan: guaret — ground left unseeded for a year
• Chinese Mandarin: 休耕地 (xiūgēngdì) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Czech: úhor — ground left unseeded for a year
• Danish: brak — ground left unseeded for a year
• Dutch: dries — ground left unseeded for a year
• Dutch: valg — ground left unseeded for a year
• Dutch: braakland — ground left unseeded for a year
• Dutch: valgeland — ground left unseeded for a year
• Esperanto: novalo — ground left unseeded for a year
• Estonian: kesa — ground left unseeded for a year
• Finnish: kesanto — ground left unseeded for a year
• French: jachère — ground left unseeded for a year
• Galician: barbeito — ground left unseeded for a year
• Galician: rebouza — ground left unseeded for a year
• Galician: coita — ground left unseeded for a year
• Galician: decoita — ground left unseeded for a year
• Galician: pallagueira — ground left unseeded for a year
• Georgian: ნასვენები მიწა (nasvenebi mic̣a) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Georgian: ანეული (aneuli) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Georgian: ნასვენი (nasveni) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Georgian: დაუთესავი მიწა (dautesavi mic̣a) — ground left unseeded for a year
• German: Grünbrache — ground left unseeded for a year
• German: Kulturbrache — ground left unseeded for a year
• German: Rotationsbrache — ground left unseeded for a year
• Ancient Greek: νειός (neiós) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Hungarian: ugar — ground left unseeded for a year
• Hungarian: parlag — ground left unseeded for a year
• Irish: branar — ground left unseeded for a year
• Italian: maggese — ground left unseeded for a year
• Latin: vervactum — ground left unseeded for a year
• Latvian: papuve — ground left unseeded for a year
• Lithuanian: pūdymas — ground left unseeded for a year
• Macedonian: угар (ugar) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Macedonian: прелог (prelog) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Māori: pātohe — ground left unseeded for a year
• Old English: fealg — ground left unseeded for a year
• Polabian: foľostă — ground left unseeded for a year
• Polish: ugór — ground left unseeded for a year
• Polish: odłóg — ground left unseeded for a year
• Portuguese: pousio — ground left unseeded for a year
• Romanian: moină — ground left unseeded for a year
• Russian: пар (par) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Serbo-Croatian: у́гар — ground left unseeded for a year
• Serbo-Croatian: úgar — ground left unseeded for a year
• Slovak: úhor — ground left unseeded for a year
• Slovak: prieloh — ground left unseeded for a year
• Slovene: ledina — ground left unseeded for a year
• Spanish: barbecho — ground left unseeded for a year
• Spanish: guamil — ground left unseeded for a year
• Spanish: barbechada — ground left unseeded for a year
• Swedish: träda — ground left unseeded for a year
• Swedish: trädesåker — ground left unseeded for a year
• Turkish: nadas — ground left unseeded for a year
• Ottoman Turkish: نطاس (nadas) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Ukrainian: пар (par) — ground left unseeded for a year
• Walloon: djouxhire — ground left unseeded for a year
• Bulgarian: прелог (prelog) — uncultivated land
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒地 (huāngdì) — uncultivated land
• Czech: lada — uncultivated land
• Czech: lado — uncultivated land
• Czech: úhor — uncultivated land
• Danish: brak- — uncultivated land
• Esperanto: senkulturejo — uncultivated land
• Estonian: sööt — uncultivated land
• Finnish: joutomaa — uncultivated land
• Finnish: viljelemätön maa — uncultivated land
• French: friche — uncultivated land
• Galician: bouza — uncultivated land
• Galician: mato — uncultivated land
• Galician: poula — uncultivated land
• Galician: vougo — uncultivated land
• Galician: touza — uncultivated land
• German: Brache — uncultivated land
• German: Brachland — uncultivated land
• Hungarian: ugar — uncultivated land
• Hungarian: parlag — uncultivated land
• Irish: branar — uncultivated land
• Kashmiri: درٛگُر (dragur) — uncultivated land
• Latvian: papuve — uncultivated land
• Lithuanian: pūdymas — uncultivated land
• Luxembourgish: Brooch — uncultivated land
• Macedonian: угар (ugar) — uncultivated land
• Māori: papatua — uncultivated land
• Māori: pātohe — uncultivated land
• Polish: ugór — uncultivated land
• Polish: odłóg — uncultivated land
• Portuguese: terra inculta — uncultivated land
• Russian: пар (par) — uncultivated land
• Serbo-Croatian: у́гар — uncultivated land
• Serbo-Croatian: па́рлог — uncultivated land
• Serbo-Croatian: úgar — uncultivated land
• Serbo-Croatian: párlog — uncultivated land
• Slovak: prieloh — uncultivated land
• Slovene: ledina — uncultivated land
• Spanish: yermo — uncultivated land
• Walloon: trîxhe — uncultivated land
• Walloon: trî — uncultivated land
• Bulgarian: разоравам (razoravam) — plough land without sowing seeds
• Finnish: kesannoida — plough land without sowing seeds
• German: brachlegen — plough land without sowing seeds
• Italian: maggesare — plough land without sowing seeds
• Polish: odłogować — plough land without sowing seeds
• Polish: ugorować — plough land without sowing seeds
• Spanish: barbechar — plough land without sowing seeds
• Spanish: abarbechar — plough land without sowing seeds