# vals
## English
### Noun

vals
* plural of val

### Anagrams

* Slav, lavs

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch vals.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fals/
* Hyphenation: vals
* Rhymes: -als

### Adjective

vals (attributive vals or valse, comparative valser, superlative valste)
* false, wrong, untrue
    Synonyms: verkeerd, onwaar
* counterfeit, imitation, fake

#### Derived terms

* valsheid
* vervals

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbals]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvals]
* Rhymes: -als

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Walzer.

#### Noun

vals m (plural valsos)
* waltz

##### Derived terms

* vals anglès
* vals vienès
* valsar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vals
* second-person singular present indicative of valer
* second-person singular present indicative of valdre

### Further reading

* “vals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

French valse.

### Noun

vals
* waltz

#### Declension
### References

* “vals”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Danish
### Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to roll”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vals/, [valˀs]

### Noun

vals c (singular definite valsen, plural indefinite valse)
* waltz

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “vals” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “vals” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* valsch (obsolete spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch valsch, from Old French fals, from Latin falsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑls/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: vals
* Rhymes: -ɑls

### Adjective

vals (comparative valser, superlative meest vals or valst)
* fake, false
    Synonym: nep
    Antonym: echt
* (music) off-key, out of tune
    Antonym: zuiver
* vicious
** 1619, Hendrick Slatius, Ioannes Calvinus, vreedt, bitter, vals. Dat is: Corte ende cleare verbeldinghe van den aert oft gheest Ioannis Calvini ... Eerst gheteeckent door eenen liefhebber der Nederlantsche [i.e. H. Slatius], etc:
* (dated) incorrect, untrue

#### Derived terms

* valsheid
* vervalsen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vals
* Negerhollands: valsch, vals
* → Indonesian: fals (“off-key, out of tune”)

### Anagrams

* vlas

## Icelandic
### Noun

vals m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valsar)
* waltz

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From German Walzer (sense 1), and Walze (sense 2).

#### Noun

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)
* (dance) a waltz
* (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

##### Alternative forms

* valse (sense 2)

##### Derived terms

* valse (verb)
* veivals

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vals
* imperative of valse

### References

* “vals” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German Walzer (sense 1), Walze (sense 2).

### Noun

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valsar, definite plural valsane)
* (dance) a waltz
* (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

#### Alternative forms

* valse (sense 2)

#### Derived terms

* valse (verb)

### References

* “vals” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Noun

vals
* plural of val

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vals/

### Noun

vals m (plural vals)
* waltz

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.

### Noun

vals n (plural valsuri)
* (music) waltz

#### Related terms

* a valsa

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbals/ [ˈbals]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -als
* Syllabification: vals

### Noun

vals m (uncountable)
* waltz

### Further reading

* “vals”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

vals c
* waltz, a dance
* lie, untruth
    att dra en vals
       to lie
* roller; a rotating cylindrical device, usually part of a machine, where it may apply or reduce pressure.

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vals | vals |
| singular | definite | valsen | valsens |
| plural | indefinite | valser | valsers |
| plural | definite | valserna | valsernas |

##### Derived terms

* valsa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

vals
* indefinite genitive singular of val

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

vals
* indefinite genitive singular of val
* indefinite genitive plural of val

### Anagrams

* alvs, lavs, slav, sval