bay

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
2. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To howl.
2. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Adj

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Concepts

baie

laurier

golfe

aboyer

crique

anse

hurler

calanque

alcôve

compartiment

bai

laurier-sauce

lieu de stationnement

mer intérieure

quête

tenir en échec

orifice d’entrée

laurier sauce

petit bras de mer

aboiement

laurus nobilis

beugler

cheval

🐴

crier

encorbellement

fiord

mugir

ruelle

rugir

bow-window

bras de rivière

glapir

Synonymes

gulf

inlet

cove

bight

howl

bark

creek

harbor

sound

🔉

alcove

embayment

recess

niche

laurel

bay tree

brown

bay laurel

true laurel

bellow

sweet bay

red

Laurus nobilis

whine

roar

opening

hoot

quest

boo

fjord

sinus

sorrel

room

estuary

shout

yap

dam up

cry

😢

yip

condition

circle

⭕

chestnut

🌰

chassis

bed plate

base plate

chair

🪑

cavity

glade

gauge

framework

bray

Traductions

Bucht

baia

bahía

baía

baai

κόλπος

badia

golfo

alloro

koy

abbaiare

inham

Lorbeer

golfo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/beɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -

Appartenant à français: baie

Hérité de moyen anglais: bay

In summary

From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.