Taal

¹

[ tahl ]

noun

1. Usually the Taal. Afrikaans.

Taal

²

[ tah-ahl ]

noun

1. an active volcano in the Philippines, on SW Luzon, on an island in Taal Lake: eruptions 1749, 1873, 1911. 1,050 feet (320 meters).

taal

¹

/ tɑːl /

noun

1. the taal
   language: usually, by implication, Afrikaans

Taal

²

/ tɑːˈɑːl /

noun

1. an active volcano in the Philippines, on S Luzon on an island in the centre of Lake Taal . Height: 300 m (984 ft). Area of lake: 243 sq km (94 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Taal¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Afrikaans, from Dutch taal “language, speech”; cognate with tale

Word History and Origins

Origin of Taal¹

Afrikaans from Dutch

Example Sentences

The school masters, therefore, who are accustomed to speak the published Dutch of Europe, are compelled to teach the easier Taal.

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Taal contains secondary craters, crevasses emitting vapors, and lakelets of acid water.

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The “Taal” may inculcate a certain amount more of respect for paternal and government authority.

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The air solidified with the Taal and the tobacco, and other things less pleasant.

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And this one could write in the accursed shibboleth of England as well as in the Taal.

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