taal

Definitions of taal
  1. noun
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
    synonyms: taaluiting
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    brontaal
    a language that is to be translated into another language
    doeltaal
    the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
    dactylologie, gebarentaal, gestiek, vingerspraak, vingertaal
    language expressed by visible hand gestures
    hulptaal, kunsttaal
    a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
    metataal
    a language that can be used to describe languages
    lingua franca
    a common language used by speakers of different languages
    confidentie, ontboezeming, versperringsvuur
    the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
    frase, volzin, zin
    a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
    basisengels
    a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
    Esperanto
    an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
    ondervraagtaal, opvraagtaal, vraagtaal, zoektaal
    a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed
    moedertaal, moerstaal, stamtaal
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    toontaal
    a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
    creools, mengtaal
    a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
    mengtaal, pidgin
    an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
    Indiaans, Indiër
    any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    Papoea
    any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
    Indo-europees, Indo-germaans, Indogermaans
    the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    Kaukasiër
    a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
  2. noun
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
    synonyms: taaluiting
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    woord
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    lettergreep, syllabe
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    morfeem
    minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
    naam, persoonsnaam
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
    collocatie
    a grouping of words in a sentence
    klank, spraakklank
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    context, perspectief
    discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    anagram, letterkeer
    a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    lettergreepraadsel, woordraadsel
    a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
    diminutief, verkleiningsvorm, verkleinvorm, verkleinwoord
    a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    vorm
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    drieletterwoord, schuttingwoord
    any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    functiewoord
    a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
    heteroniem
    two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
    homoniem
    two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
    hyperoniem
    a word that is more generic than a given word
    hyponiem
    a word that is more specific than a given word
    bastaardwoord, leenwoord, lening
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    monosyllabe
    a word or utterance of one syllable
    munterij, muntslag, neologisme, nieuwvorming
    a newly invented word or phrase
    hapax
    a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
    anagram, kreeftdicht, letterkeer, omkeerwoord, palindroom, retrograde, spiegelwoord
    a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
    subst., substantief
    any word or group of words functioning as a noun
    synoniem
    two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
    naamregister, namenregister, nomenclator
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    vormvariant
    a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
    achtervoegsel, suffix
    the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
    naamgever
    the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
    naamgever
    the person for whom something is named
    patroniem, patronymicum, vadersnaam
    a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
    metronymicum
    a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor
    achternaam, alias, bijnaam, familienaam, geslachtsnaam, van
    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
    persoonsnaam, voornaam
    the name that precedes the surname
    deknaam, nom de plume, pseud., pseudoniem, schuilnaam
    a name that has been assumed temporarily
    anonymus, deknaam, nom de plume, pseud., pseudoniem, schuilnaam
    a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
    appellatief, benaming, predikaat, soortnaam
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    titelblad, titelpagina
    the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
    plaatsnaam, toponiem
    the name by which a geographical place is known
    handtekening, krabbel, ondertekening, poot, signatuur
    your name written in your own handwriting
    fabrieksmerk, handelsmerk, handelsnaam, merk, merknaam, trade-mark
    a name given to a product or service
    foneem, taalklank
    (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
    klinker, vocaal
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    glissando, halfklinker, halfvocaal
    a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
    consonant, medeklinker
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    sonant
    a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
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    portie
    something determined in relation to something that includes it
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