different between nale vs rale

English

Etymology

A corrupt form arising from the older "at þen ale".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?l/
• Homophone: nail

Noun

nale

1. (obsolete) ale
2. (obsolete) An alehouse.

   • great feastes at the nale

Anagrams

• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lean, Lena, Neal, elan, enal, lane, lean, neal, élan

Silesian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Conjunction

nale

1. but

English

Etymology

From French râle (“groan”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl/

Noun

rale (plural rales)

1. (medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
   • 1861, Austin Flint, American Medical Times, 7 Dec 1961:

     If you were to tell a patient that he had a ‘rhonchus’ in his chest, he would imagine that it was something formidable, while, if you said that he had a ‘râle’ he would not be alarmed.

   • 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, Round Red Lamp:

     But after all the educated classes have a right to expect that their medical man will know the difference between a mitral murmur and a bronchitic rale.

Synonyms

• crackles

See also

• crackles, crepitations
• bilateral; basal, basilar; bibasilar

Translations

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lare, lear, real

Portuguese

Verb

rale

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of ralar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of ralar
3. third-person singular imperative of ralar