gale

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

Sturm

θύελλα

storm

tempête

bora

bufera

tempestade

tormenta

burrasca

tempestad

fırtına

φουρτούνα

tempesta

orage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡeɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: galen

Inherited from Old English: galan

Cognate with Danish: gale

Cognate with Swedish: gala

Cognate with Icelandic: gala

Cognate with Dutch: galm

Cognate with Icelandic: gola

Cognate with Danish: gal

Inherited from Middle English: gaile

Inherited from Old English: gagel

Cognate with Scots: gaul

Cognate with Dutch: gagel

Cognate with German: Gagel

Cognate with Icelandic: gaglviður

Inherited from Middle English: gavel

Inherited from Old English: 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.