mål

Swedish

/moːl/

noun
Definitions
  • target; what one aims to hit
  • (sports) finish; goal. Where a race ends
  • (sports) goal; the place the players should attempt to put the ball in, in order to score
  • (somewhat dated) language; dialect
  • meal
  • juridical case

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse mál (speech, language, matter, affair, size, measurement, time, meal, agreement, lawsuit, case) derived from Proto-Germanic *maþlą (gathering, speech).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*maþlą

Gloss

gathering, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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