gale

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To cry; groan; croak.
2. To talk.
3. To sing; utter with musical modulations.

Noun

1. A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
3. A light breeze.

Noun

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

Noun

A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡeɪl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English galen, from Old English galan (“to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sing charms, practice incantation”), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”). Cognate with Danish gale (“to crow”), Swedish gala (“to crow”), Icelandic gala (“to sing, chant, crow”), Dutch galm (“echo, sound, noise”). Related to yell.