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wail

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: w?l, IPA(key): /we?l/, [we??]
  • Rhymes: -e?l
  • Homophone: wale
  • Homophone: whale (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (to sob, cry, wail), from Old Norse væla (to wail), from , vei (woe), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English w? (woe) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14th c.. The noun came from the verb.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
  4. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  5. (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.

Derived terms

  • bewail
  • wailer
  • wailingly

Translations

Noun

wail (plural wails)

  1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. [from 15th c.]
  2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
  3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse val (choice). Compare Icelandic velja (to choose). More at wale.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of wale (to choose; to select)
    • c. 1500, Robert Henryson, Template:The Testament of Cresseid
      Wailed wine and metes

References

  • wail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • wail in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • wail at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • wali, wila, w?li

Asilulu

Noun

wail

  1. water

References

  • James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of wala (not) +? ilhi (known, recognized)

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /?wa?il?/
  • Rhymes: -il?
  • Hyphenation: wa?il

Noun

wail

  1. an insignificant person
  2. an unknown person or thing
  3. an unknown celebrity or politician

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rumbling

English

Adjective

rumbling (comparative more rumbling, superlative most rumbling)

  1. Deep- and slow-sounding.
    His rumbling voice suited the solemn occasion.

Translations

Noun

rumbling (plural rumblings)

  1. A muted sound of complaint or discontent.
    The rumblings of the masses precede the crumbling of the state.
  2. A deep low noise.
    The rumbling of distant thunder echoed from the hilltop.

Translations

Verb

rumbling

  1. present participle of rumble

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