valse

See also: valsé

English

Etymology

From French valse. Doublet of waltz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑls/
• Rhymes: -ɑls

Noun

valse (plural valses)

1. Archaic form of waltz.

Verb

valse (third-person singular simple present valses, present participle valsing, simple past and past participle valsed)

1. Archaic form of waltz.

Anagrams

• 'alves, Alves, Elvas, Levas, Selva, Slave, Slavé, Veals, avels, evals, laves, salve, selva, slave, vales, veals

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Danish

Noun

valse c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of vals

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

valse

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of vals

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vals/

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Etymology 1

From German Walzer.

Noun

valse f (plural valses)

1. waltz

Derived terms

• valse musette
• valse viennoise
• valser

Descendants

• → Russian: вальс (valʹs) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Verb

valse

1. inflection of valser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “valse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• laves, lavés
• levas
• salve
• slave, Slave

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1850. From French valse or Spanish vals, ultimately from German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalsɪ]

Noun

valse m (plural valses)

1. waltz
   • 1850, Juan López Muñiz, Paisaniña:

     A gaita e o tamboril

     Co máis ardente antusiasmo

     Tocando unha muiñeiriña

     Un valse repenicado

     Unha alegre salerosa

     Unh'alborada ou fandango

     Bagpipe and tabor

     With the most burning enthusiasm

     Playing a muiñeira,

     an allegro waltz

     a jovial salerosa,

     an alborada or a fandango

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “valse”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “valse”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “valse”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alse

Verb

valse

1. third-person singular past historic of valere

Anagrams

• Selva, salve, selva, slave, svela

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Lithuanian

Noun

valse m

1. locative singular of valsas
2. vocative singular of valsas

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Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.

Noun

valse m (genitive singular valse, plural valseyn)

1. waltz (dance)

Derived terms

• kiaull valse

Verb

valse (verbal noun valsal)

1. waltz

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from German Walzer.

Noun

valse f (plural valses)

1. (Jersey) waltz

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

valse m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)

1. alternative form of vals (sense 2)

Etymology 2

From vals or valse (roller) and vals (waltz).

Verb

valse (imperative vals, present tense valser, passive valses, simple past and past participle valsa or valset, present participle valsende)

1. to roll (with rollers)
2. to waltz (dance a waltz)

References

• “valse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “valse_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “valse_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “valse_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

valse m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valsar, definite plural valsane)

1. alternative form of vals (sense 2)

Etymology 2

From vals or valse (roller) and vals (waltz).

Verb

valse (present tense valsar, past tense valsa, past participle valsa, passive infinitive valsast, present participle valsande, imperative valse/vals)

1. to roll (with rollers)
2. to waltz (dance a waltz)

Alternative forms

• valsa

References

• “valse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.si/ [ˈvaʊ̯.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.si/ [ˈvaʊ̯.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.se/ [ˈvaʊ̯.se]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈval.sɨ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈval.sɨ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sɨ/ [ˈbaɫ.sɨ]

• Hyphenation: pal‧mo
• Rhymes: -alsɨ, -awsi

Verb

valse

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Spanish

Noun

valse m (plural valses)

1. waltz

Verb

valse

1. inflection of valsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “valse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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Adverb

valse

1. Alternative form of fause
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 14:

     Thou liest valse.

     You lie false.

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129