tall

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɔːl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [thoːɫ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• British, Southern, Standard: /toːl/
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• Scotland: /tɔl/
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• Northumbria: /taːl/
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• General-American: /tɔl/
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• cot-caught-merger: /tɑl/
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• US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /toːl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːl
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• CMU ARPABET: T AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives expressing estimation, such as buxom, canny, clean, clever, cunning, deft, elegant, handsome, pretty, proper; German klein, as compared with English clean, presents the antithesis to modern tall as compared to tall in early Middle English. It has been conjectured that in the sense 'high of stature' it is a different word, adopted from the Welsh tal in some sense; but the latter is, according to Professor Rhŷs, merely a 16th-century borrowing of the English word (in Owen Pughe's Dictionary erroneously mixed up with the genuine Welsh word tal (“end, brow, forehead”), with which it has no possible connection.)"

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lank — of a person
• Aklanon: mataas — of a person
• Albanian: i gjatë — of a person
• Southern Altai: бийик (biyik) — of a person
• Arabic: طَوِيل (ṭawīl) — of a person
• Chadian Arabic: طويل (tawīl) — of a person
• Arabic: طويل (ṭawīl, ṭowīl) — of a person
• Arabic: طويل (ṭawīl) — of a person
• Armenian: բարձրահասակ (barjrahasak) — of a person
• Aromanian: analtu (roa-rup) — of a person
• Assamese: ওখ (ükh) — of a person
• Assamese: হটঙা (hotoṅa) — of a person
• Asturian: altu — of a person
• Azerbaijani: uzun — of a person
• Azerbaijani: uca — of a person
• Belarusian: высо́кі (vysóki) — of a person
• Bengali: লম্বা (lomba) — of a person
• Central Bikol: lampyagaw — of a person
• Breton: bras — of a person
• Bulgarian: висо́к (visók) — of a person
• Burmese: လံဗား (lamba:) — of a person
• Catalan: alt — of a person
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — of a person
• Eastern Min Chinese: 悬 (geing) — of a person
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (zh-min-nan) — of a person
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — of a person
• Chuvash: ҫӳллӗ (śüllĕ) — of a person
• Ngazidja Comorian: -le — of a person
• Czech: vysoký — of a person
• Danish: høj — of a person
• Dutch: lang — of a person
• Dutch: groot — of a person
• Erzya: кувака (kuvaka) — of a person
• Esperanto: alta — of a person
• Esperanto: altkreska — of a person
• Estonian: pikk — of a person
• Estonian: kõrge — of a person
• Extremaduran: artu — of a person
• Faroese: høgur — of a person
• Faroese: háur — of a person
• Finnish: pitkä — of a person
• Finnish: kookas — of a person
• French: grand — of a person
• Galician: alto — of a person
• Georgian: მაღალი (maɣali) — of a person
• German: groß — of a person
• German: lang — of a person
• Greek: ψηλός (psilós) — of a person
• Ancient Greek: εὐμήκης (eumḗkēs) — of a person
• Haitian Creole: wo — of a person
• Hebrew: גָּבוֹהַּ \ גָּבֹהַּ (gavóah) — of a person
• Hindi: ऊँचा (ū̃cā) — of a person
• Hindi: लम्बा (lambā) — of a person
• White Hmong: siab — of a person
• Hungarian: magas — of a person
• Icelandic: hár — of a person
• Indonesian: tinggi — of a person
• Italian: alto — of a person
• Japanese: 高い (takai) — of a person
• Kazakh: биік (biık) — of a person
• Kazakh: ұзын (ūzyn) — of a person
• Khmer: ខ្ពស់ (kpʊəh) — of a person
• Korean: 크다 (keuda) — of a person
• Kumyk: бийик (biyik) — of a person
• Central Kurdish: دِرێژ (dirêj) — of a person
• Laki: دِریژ (dirîj) — of a person
• Northern Kurdish: dirêj — of a person
• Southern Kurdish: دِریژ (dirîj) — of a person
• Kyrgyz: бийик (biyik) — of a person
• Lao: ສູງ (sūng) — of a person
• Latgalian: gars — of a person
• Latin: altus — of a person
• Latin: prōcērus — of a person
• Latvian: garš — of a person
• Lithuanian: aukštas — of a person
• Livonian: pitkā — of a person
• Livonian: kuordõ — of a person
• Macedonian: висок (visok) — of a person
• Malay: tinggi — of a person
• Brunei Malay: tinggi — of a person
• Brunei Malay: jagau — of a person
• Maltese: twil — of a person
• Māori: hūroaroa — of a person
• Maranao: malekeiog — of a person
• Marathi: उंच (uñċa) — of a person
• Mongolian: өндөр (öndör) — of a person
• Neapolitan: auto — of a person
• Nepali: अग्लो (aglo) — of a person
• Norwegian Bokmål: høy — of a person
• Pashto: جګ (jëg) — of a person
• Persian: بلند (boland) — of a person
• Persian: الدنگ (aldang) — of a person
• Polish: wysoki — of a person
• Portuguese: alto — of a person
• Quechua: hatun — of a person
• Romanian: înalt — of a person
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — of a person
• Russian: ро́слый (róslyj) — of a person
• Sanskrit: उच्च (ucca) — of a person
• Serbo-Croatian: вѝсок — of a person
• Serbo-Croatian: vìsok — of a person
• Slovak: vysoký — of a person
• Slovene: visòk — of a person
• Spanish: alto — of a person
• Swahili: refu — of a person
• Swedish: lång — of a person
• Swedish: hög — of a person
• Tagalog: matangkad — of a person
• Tajik: қаддароз (qaddaroz) — of a person
• Tajik: қадбаланд (qadbaland) — of a person
• Tamil: உயரமான (uyaramāṉa) — of a person
• Tamil: நெட்டை (neṭṭai) — of a person
• Tatar: биек (biyek) — of a person
• Thai: สูง (sǔung) — of a person
• Turkish: uzun — of a person
• Ottoman Turkish: اوزون (uzun) — of a person
• Ottoman Turkish: بزرك (büzürg) — of a person
• Turkmen: belent — of a person
• Turkmen: uzyn — of a person
• Ukrainian: висо́кий (vysókyj) — of a person
• Urdu: اونچا (ū̃cā) — of a person
• Uzbek: baland — of a person
• Uzbek: uzun — of a person
• Venetan: alt — of a person
• Vietnamese: cao — of a person
• Welsh: tal — of a person
• Wolaytta: hojja — of a person
• Wolaytta: adussa — of a person
• Yiddish: הויך (hoykh) — of a person
• Zhuang: sang — of a person
• Afrikaans: hoog — of a building
• Southern Altai: бийик (biyik) — of a building
• Arabic: طَوِيل (ṭawīl) — of a building
• Arabic: طويل (ṭawīl) — of a building
• Arabic: طويل (ṭawīl) — of a building
• Arabic: عالي (ʕāli) — of a building
• Armenian: բարձր (barjr) — of a building
• Aromanian: analtu (roa-rup) — of a building
• Assamese: ওখ (ükh) — of a building
• Azerbaijani: hündür — of a building
• Azerbaijani: uca — of a building
• Azerbaijani: yüksək — of a building
• Belarusian: высо́кі (vysóki) — of a building
• Bengali: উঁচু (ũcu) — of a building
• Central Bikol: halangkaw — of a building
• Breton: uhel — of a building
• Bulgarian: висо́к (visók) — of a building
• Burmese: မြင့် (mrang.) — of a building
• Catalan: alt — of a building
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — of a building
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (zh-min-nan) — of a building
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — of a building
• Czech: vysoký — of a building
• Danish: høj — of a building
• Dutch: hoog — of a building
• Esperanto: alta — of a building
• Estonian: kõrge — of a building
• Faroese: høgur — of a building
• Faroese: háur — of a building
• Finnish: korkea — of a building
• French: haut — of a building
• Galician: alto — of a building
• Georgian: მაღალი (maɣali) — of a building
• German: hoch — of a building
• Ancient Greek: μακρός (makrós) — of a building
• Hebrew: גָּבוֹהַּ \ גָּבֹהַּ (gavóah) — of a building
• Hindi: ऊँचा (ū̃cā) — of a building
• Hindi: लम्बा (lambā) — of a building
• Hungarian: magas — of a building
• Irish: ard — of a building
• Italian: alto — of a building
• Japanese: 高い (takai) — of a building
• Javanese: dhuwur — of a building
• Kazakh: зәулім (zäulım) — of a building
• Korean: 높다 (nopda) — of a building
• Kumyk: бийик (biyik) — of a building
• Kyrgyz: бийик (biyik) — of a building
• Latin: altus — of a building
• Latin: prōcērus — of a building
• Latvian: augsts — of a building
• Livonian: kuordi — of a building
• Livonian: kuordõ — of a building
• Macedonian: висок (visok) — of a building
• Malay: tinggi — of a building
• Brunei Malay: tinggi — of a building
• Maranao: malekeiog — of a building
• Marathi: उंच (uñca) — of a building
• Neapolitan: auto — of a building
• Pashto: لوړ (lwaṛ) — of a building
• Pashto: جګ (jëg) — of a building
• Persian: بلند (boland) — of a building
• Polish: wysoki — of a building
• Portuguese: alto — of a building
• Romanian: înalt — of a building
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — of a building
• Sanskrit: उच्च (ucca) — of a building
• Serbo-Croatian: вѝсок — of a building
• Serbo-Croatian: vìsok — of a building
• Slovak: vysoký — of a building
• Slovene: visòk — of a building
• Lower Sorbian: wusoki — of a building
• Spanish: alto — of a building
• Swahili: refu — of a building
• Swedish: hög — of a building
• Tagalog: matayog — of a building
• Tajik: баланд (baland) — of a building
• Tamil: உயரமான (uyaramāṉa) — of a building
• Telugu: పొడుగు (poḍugu) — of a building
• Thai: สูง (sǔung) — of a building
• Turkish: uzun — of a building
• Turkish: yüksek — of a building
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسك (yüksek) — of a building
• Ukrainian: висо́кий (vysókyj) — of a building
• Urdu: لمبا (lambā) — of a building
• Venetan: alt — of a building
• Vietnamese: cao — of a building
• Zhuang: sang — of a building
• Bulgarian: невероятен (neverojaten) — of a story
• Dutch: ongeloofwaardig — of a story
• Hindi: लम्बा (lambā) — of a story
• Portuguese: exagerado — of a story
• Swedish: lång — of a story
• Turkish: uzun — of a story
• Galician: longo — of a cup of coffee
• Tajik: калон (kalon) — of a cup of coffee