égal

Inherited from Old French egal, igal, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin aequālis, displacing inherited Old French evel, ivel, oel, uel.

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡal/

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• Homophones: égale, égales
• Hyphenation: é‧gal

égal (feminine égale, masculine plural égaux, feminine plural égales)

1. equal
2. indifferent, of no importance to

   Synonym: indifférent

• → Danish: egal
• → Dutch: egaal
• → German: egal
• → Romanian: egal
• → Serbo-Croatian: egal

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

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

• Gaël, gale, gela