gale

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

tempête

coup de vent

orage

grand vent

ouragan

tempete

vent de tempête

vent fort

brise

rafale

vent violent

grand frais

fort coup de vent

coup

vent

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡeɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.