wail

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
2. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
3. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
4. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
5. (slang) To perform with great liveliness and force.

Noun

1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

Concepts

gémir

se lamenter

vagir

pleurer

😢

lamenter

vagissement

😢

ululer

se plaindre

gémissement

hurlement

lamentation

hurlez

hurlons

brailler

hurlent

cri

😢

crier

hurler

mugir

plainte

rugir

yole

gémissements

se plaindre de

vociférer

Synonymes

cry

😢

lament

howl

moan

weep

groan

ululate

yowl

mourn

lamentation

whine

sob

😭

bewail

bemoan

roar

scream

😱

bawl

plaint

wailing

whimper

cry out

yawl

yell

weeping

yaup

cry loudly

hoot

complain

grief

shriek

deplore

mourning

screech

pule

mewl

squeal

sorrow

weep aloud

bay

bellow

bitch

blare

blubber

bray

call out

caterwaul

clamor

complaint

condole

cries

Traductions

klagen

gemir

jammern

heulen

weeklagen

llorar

😢

wehklagen

lamentarse

lamento

lamentarsi

ululare

gemido

βουητό

lamento

huilen

😢

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/weɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: weilen

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wā

In summary

c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.
The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14ᵗʰ c.. The noun came from the verb.