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égal

/e.ɡal/

adjective/e.ɡal/

equal; indifferent, of no importance to

Synonyms: indifférent

Inherited from Old French egal, igal, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin aequālis, displacing inherited Old French evel, ivel, oel, uel. Alternatively, and even more likely, borrowed from Old Occitan egal, where this phonetic outcome is regular.

égal — French Dictionary | Passage