gale

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To cry; groan; croak.
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To talk.
3. (dialectal, transitive) 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. (archaic, literary) A light breeze.

Noun

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

Noun

1. (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
2. The personal mining plot of a freeminer.

Concetti

burrasca

bufera

tempesta

vento forte

fortunale

scoppio

ventata

uragano

esplosione

brezza

folata

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

Sturm

θύελλα

storm

tempête

bora

tempestade

tormenta

fırtına

tempestad

φουρτούνα

tempestat

tempesta

orage

καταιγίδα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

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Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: galen

Ereditato da inglese antico: galan

Affine danese: gale

Affine svedese: gala

Affine islandese: gala

Affine olandese: galm

Affine islandese: gola

Affine danese: gal

Ereditato da inglese medio: gaile

Ereditato da inglese antico: gagel

Affine scozzese: gaul

Affine olandese: gagel

Affine tedesco: Gagel

Affine islandese: gaglviður

Ereditato da inglese medio: gavel

Ereditato da inglese antico: gafol

In summary

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.