English

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�fæl��/, SAMPA|/"f{l@U/
(US): AHD|f�lʹ�, IPA|/�fælo�/, SAMPA|/"f{loU/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æl��|-æl��

Etymology 1
From OE. fealh 'fallow land', from the Proto-Germanic root falgo, perhaps from a derivation of a Proto-Indo-Germanic base pel- "to turn", assimilated in English to the adjective fallow because of the color of plowed earth. Originally "plowed land", then "land plowed but not planted"

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable ground|Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
2. uncountable uncultivated|Uncultivated land.
3. obsolete countable An area of fallow land.

Derived terms
top2
bastard fallow
cropped fallow
dead-fallow
ecofallow
fallow-break
fallow crop
fallow-field
fallow ground
mid2
fallowist
fallow land
green fallow
pin-fallow
rag-fallow
summer fallow
winter fallow

Translations
trans-top|ground left unseeded for a year
Czech: úhor m
French: jachère f
trans-mid
Russian: па� (par) m
Polish: ugór m
trans-bottom

trans-top|uncultivated land
French: friche f
German: Brache f, Brachland n
trans-mid
Russian: па� (par) m
Polish: ugór m
trans-bottom

trans-top|obsolete: an area of fallow land
trans-mid
Russian: па� (par) m
Polish: ugór m
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Albanian: ugar#Albanian|ugar m
ttbc|Catalan: guaret m
ttbc|Croatian: ugar#Croatian|ugar m
ttbc|Hungarian: ugar#Hungarian|ugar
ttbc|Italian: maggese m
ttbc|Romanian: ogor f and m
ttbc|Slovak: úhor m
ttbc|Spanish: yermo m

Adjective
fallow

1. context|of agricultural land Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
2. inactive|Inactive; undeveloped.

Derived terms
apple-fallow
fallow chat
fallow deer
fallow finch
fallowness
lay fallow
lie fallow

Translations
trans-top|of land, left unseeded
French: en jachère, en friche
German: brach, brachliegend
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|inactive, undeveloped
French: en friche
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|light brown; dun
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

Derived terms
fallowed
fallowing
re-fallow
thry-fallow
trifallow
twifallow, twyfallow

Translations
trans-top|plough land without sowing seeds
German: brachlegen
Italian: maggesare
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Etymology 2
ME. falow, from OE. fealu; akin to Old High German falo pale, fallow, L. pallEre to be pale, Gr. polios gray (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2006). Confer German falb.

Adjective
fallow

1. A pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.

Related terms
fallow deer

Translations
German: falb

References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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