# egal
## English
### Alternative forms

* egall

### Etymology

From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːɡəl/
* Homophones: eagle, Eagle

### Adjective

egal (comparative more egal, superlative most egal)
* (obsolete) Equal; impartial.
    Synonyms: equal, equitable, indifferent; see also Thesaurus:impartial
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:Whose souls do bear an egal yoke of love,

#### Derived terms

* egally

### Anagrams

* Gael, Gale, Lega, gale, geal, lage, leag

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French égal.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

egal (neuter egalt, plural and definite singular attributive egale)
* Uniform or smooth/even; regular or straight

#### Derived terms

* egalisere
* egalitet
* uegal

### Further reading

* “egal” in Den Danske Ordbog

## East Central German
### Adverb

egal
* (Erzgebirgisch) always
    Synonym: eitl

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:

## German
### Etymology

17th century, from French égal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈɡaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

egal (indeclinable, predicative only)
* (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
    Synonyms: gleichgültig, gleich
    Das ist mir egal. ― That's all the same to me.
    Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. ― I couldn't care less.
* (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
    Synonyms: derselbe, gleich, identisch
    Das sind zwei egale Hemden. ― These are two identical shirts.

#### Declension

Indeclinable, predicative-only.

### Adverb

egal
* no matter
    Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei.No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.

### Interjection

egal
* expresses indifference
    "Willst du zuerst ins Kino oder ins Café gehen?" "Egal.""Do you want to go to the cinema or the cafe first? " "I don't mind."

#### Synonyms

* wumpe (colloquial, dialectal)

#### Derived terms

* scheißegal

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French égal (“equal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡal/

### Adjective

egal
* equal

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* egall, egalle

### Etymology

From Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛːɡaːl/, /ɛˈɡaːl/

### Adjective

egal
* equal, equivalent
* proportionate; sufficient, adequate, fit, fitting
* impartial, just, fair

#### Descendants

* English: egal (obsolete)

#### References

* “ē̆gāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin aequālis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French egal.

### Adjective

egal
* the same; equal

#### Descendants

* Occitan: egal

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aequalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 212

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈɡal/

### Adjective

egal m or n (feminine singular egală, masculine plural egali, feminine and neuter plural egale)
* equal, even

#### Related terms

* egalitate
* egaliza

### Adverb

egal
* equally, evenly

### Noun

egal m (plural egali, feminine equivalent egală)
* an equal, a match

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French égal, from Latin aequālis.

### Adjective

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)
* (regional, indeclinable) equal, same
    Synonym: jednak
    Sad smo egalNow we are equal, even steven

### Adverb

ègāl, egȃl (Cyrillic spelling ѐга̄л, ега̑л)
* (regional) equally, same
    Synonym: jednako

### References

* ↑ Hrvatski jezični portal

## Swedish
### Adjective

egal (not (comparable))
* unimportant, not mattering
    Det är egalt vilken vi väljerIt doesn't matter which one we choose
    Det är mig egaltIt's not important to me / I don't care

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* kvitta
* spela roll

### References

* egal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* egal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* egal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)