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

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

Danish

Noun

valse c

1. indefinite plural of vals

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

valse

1. inflection of vals:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vals/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Walzer.

Noun

valse f (plural valses)

1. waltz

Derived terms

• valse musette
• valse viennoise
• valser

Descendants

• → Arabic: فَالْس (fāls)
• → English: valse
• → Greek: βαλς (vals)
• → Manx: valse
• → Ottoman Turkish: والس (vals)
  • Turkish: vals
• → Persian: والس (vâls)
• → Portuguese: valsa
• → Romanian: vals
• → Russian: вальс (valʹs) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ukrainian: вальс (valʹs)

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

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.se/
• Rhymes: -alse
• Hyphenation: vàl‧se

Verb

valse

1. third-person singular past historic of valere

Anagrams

• Selva, salve, selva, slave, svela

Lithuanian

Noun

valse m

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

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from German Walzer.

Noun

valse f (plural valses)

1. (Jersey) waltz

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).

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.

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]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɨ, (Brazil) -awsi
• Hyphenation: val‧se

Verb

valse

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalse/ [ˈbal.se]
• Rhymes: -alse
• Syllabification: val‧se

Etymology 1

Noun

valse m (plural valses)

1. waltz

Etymology 2

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

Yola

Adjective

valse

1. Alternative form of fause
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Valse Vurlonge,

     False Furlong.

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, lines 14:

     Thou liest valse co secun that thou an ye thick

     You lie false, said the second, that you and your kid,