gale
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past galed or gole, past participle galed or galen)
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
- (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
Etymology 2
From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”),[1] both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).
Noun
gale (plural gales)
- (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
- It's blowing a gale outside.
- Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii:
- With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November. Someone also reported that a steamer had just been sunk in a gale. This made my brother uneasy, and he refused to take the risk of allowing me to sail immediately.
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- a gale of laughter
- 1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]:
- The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.
- (literary, archaic) A light breeze.
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
- 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.
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Verb
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past and past participle galed)
Etymology 3
From Middle English gaile, gawl, gawwyl, gaȝel, gagel, from Old English gagel, gagelle, gagille, gagolle (“gale; sweet gale”), from Proto-Germanic *gagulaz (“gale; sweet-willow”). Cognate with Scots gaul, gall (“bog-myrtle”), Dutch gagel (“wild myrtle”), German Gagel (“myrtle-bush”), Icelandic gaglviður (“sweet-gale; myrtle”).
Noun
gale
- A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
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Etymology 4
From Middle English gavel (“rent; tribute”), from Old English gafol.
Noun
gale (plural gales)
- (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
- Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
References
- “gale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
Noun
galé f
Declension
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gale”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Awtuw
Noun
gale
- fish
- Nan gale tek-nak-ey po.
- We've been catching fish.
References
- Harry Feldman. A Grammar of Awtuw. (Pacific Linguistics: Series B, 94.) (1986)
Basque
Noun
gale
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse to sing, crow, chant, from Proto-Germanic *galaną, cognate with Norwegian gale, Swedish gala, English gale.
Verb
gale (past tense galede, or (archaic) gol, past participle galet)
Conjugation
References
- “gale” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
gale
French
Etymology
Variant of galle.
Pronunciation
Noun
gale f (plural gales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
gale
- inflection of galar:
Italian
Noun
gale f
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Verb
gale (imperative gal, present tense galer, simple past gol or galte, past participle galt)
Etymology 2
Adjective
gale
References
- “gale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
gale (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)
- Alternative form of gala
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Adjective
gale
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
gale
Noun
gale
Portuguese
Verb
gale
- inflection of galar:
Turkish
Etymology 1
Unknown
Noun
gale (definite accusative galeyi, plural galeler)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gale¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1633
Etymology 2
Noun
gale (definite accusative galeyi, plural galeler)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gale²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1633
Etymology 3
From Ottoman Turkish غاله (gale), from French galée.
Noun
gale (definite accusative galeyi, plural galeler)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gale⁶”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1633
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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