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

tempete

ouragan

grand vent

vent de tempête

vent fort

fort coup de vent

coup

rafale

vent

vent violent

grand frais

brise

Synonymes

storm

tempest

windstorm

strong wind

hurricane

wind

squall

breeze

gust

typhoon

near gale

blast

cyclone

🌀

strong gale

thunderstorm

strong winds

hot wind

air

hard storm

moderate gale

heavy wind

blizzard

blow

bluster

burst

draft

draught

sandstorm

snorter

twister

weather

whirlwind

fresh gale

wind storm

wind and rain

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.