hurler

Meaning

  1. to shout, to yell
  2. to howl

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/yʁ.le/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French hurler, from Vulgar Latin ūrulāre, from Latin ululāre, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of hululer. The h- might be due to influence by Frankish *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną; compare English howl.

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