gale

(Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/ɡeɪl/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: galen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: galan

Родственно датский: gale

Родственно шведский: gala

Родственно исландский: gala

Родственно нидерландский: galm

Родственно исландский: gola

Родственно датский: gal

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: gaile

Унаследовано от староанглийский: gagel

Родственно шотландский: gaul

Родственно нидерландский: gagel

Родственно немецкий: Gagel

Родственно исландский: gaglviður

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: gavel

Унаследовано от староанглийский: 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.

Синонимы

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