# valse
## English
### Etymology

From French valse. Doublet of waltz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑls/
* Rhymes: -ɑls

### Noun

valse (plural valses)
* Archaic form of waltz.

### Verb

valse (third-person singular simple present valses, present participle valsing, simple past and past participle valsed)
* 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
* indefinite plural of vals

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

valse
* inflection of vals:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## French
### Alternative forms

* walse (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vals/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Walzer.

#### Noun

valse f (plural valses)
* 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
* inflection of valser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** 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: [ˈbalsɪ]

### Noun

valse m (plural valses)
* 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 fandangoBagpipe 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: /ˈval.se/
* Rhymes: -alse
* Hyphenation: vàl‧se

### Verb

valse
* third-person singular past historic of valere

### Anagrams

* Selva, salve, selva, slave, svela

## Lithuanian
### Noun

valse m
* locative singular of valsas
* vocative singular of valsas

## Manx
### Etymology

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.

### Noun

valse m (genitive singular valse, plural valseyn)
* waltz (dance)

#### Derived terms

* kiaull valse

### Verb

valse (verbal noun valsal)
* waltz

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Walzer.

### Noun

valse f (plural valses)
* (Jersey) waltz

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

valse m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)
* 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)
* to roll (with rollers)
* 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)
* 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)
* to roll (with rollers)
* to waltz (dance a waltz)

##### Alternative forms

* valsa

### References

* “valse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvaw.si/ [ˈvaʊ̯.si]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvaw.si/ [ˈvaʊ̯.si]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvaw.se/ [ˈvaʊ̯.se]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈval.sɨ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɨ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈval.sɨ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɨ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbal.sɨ/ [ˈbaɫ.sɨ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɨ, (Brazil) -awsi
* Hyphenation: val‧se

### Verb

valse
* inflection of valsar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalse/ [ˈbal.se]
* Rhymes: -alse
* Syllabification: val‧se

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

valse m (plural valses)
* waltz

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

valse
* inflection of valsar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** 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
* 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
* 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 thickYou lie false, said the second, that you and your kid,

### References

* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126
* ↑ 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