hail

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
2. (countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
3. (broadly, countable) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.

Verb

1. (impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.
2. (intransitive) To send or release hail.
3. To pour down in rapid succession.

Adj

Healthy, whole, safe.

Verb

1. (transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.
2. (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
3. (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
4. (Australia, UK, broadly, transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
5. (transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
6. (transitive) In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.
7. to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)

Intj

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Synonyms

hailstone

greet

salute

call

acclaim

herald

welcome

hailstorm

sleet

applaud

greeting

👋

hailstones

snow

❄️

call out

hello

👋

summon

cheer

shower

🚿

salutation

yell

ice

🧊

esteem

cry out

pelt

holler

come

amen

honor

shout

invite

praise

extol

respect

eulogize

dial

dash

💨

call on

cry

😢

call in

commend

hullo

call down

appeal to

accost

clamour

hold up

city

🏙️

hurl

hurray

haul

Translations

grêle

Hagel

granizo

grandine

grêler

hagel

granizo

hageln

saluer

grandinare

grüßen

héler

برد

saudar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/heɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hayle

Inherited from Old English: hæġl

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Hail

Cognate with Western Frisian: heil

Cognate with Dutch: hagel

Cognate with Low German: Hagel

Cognate with German: Hagel

Cognate with Danish: hagl

Cognate with Swedish: hagel

Cognate with Icelandic: hagl

Cognate with Old Norse: héla

Cognate with Welsh: caill

Cognate with Breton: kell

Cognate with Lithuanian: šešėlis

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κάχληξ

Inherited from Middle English: haylen

Inherited from Old English: hagalian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: hailje

Cognate with Western Frisian: heilje

Cognate with Dutch: hagelen

Cognate with German: hageln

Cognate with Danish: hagle

Cognate with Swedish: hagla

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: hagle

Cognate with Faroese: hegla

Cognate with Icelandic: hagla

Inherited from Middle English: heil

In summary

From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, hawel, haghil, haȝel, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, of uncertain origin. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”); or alternatively from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Dutch hagel (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Danish hagl (“hail”), Swedish hagel (“hail”), Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz, if the second etymology (“cold”) is correct.
Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), or alternatively Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”), possibly also Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), depending on the etymology.