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welt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Etymology 1
From Middle English welten, from Old English weltan, wieltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta, Icelandic velta.
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve
Derived terms
- welter
Etymology 2
Circa 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over”), from Old Norse velta (“to roll”). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.
Noun
welt (plural welts)
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
- A feature resembling a welt.
Translations
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- To cause to have welts, to beat.
- To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
welt (third-person singular simple present welts, present participle welting, simple past and past participle welted)
- (Britain, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To decay.
- (Britain, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To become stringy.
Related terms
- wilt
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lt
Verb
welt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of wellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of wellen
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wale
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?we?l/, [?we??]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophones: wail, whale (in accent with the whine–wine merger)
Etymology 1
The noun is from Middle English w?le (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German w?le; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English w?len, from the noun.
Noun
wale (plural wales)
- A ridge or low barrier.
- A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
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- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
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Related terms
- waling
Translations
Verb
wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
- To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
- 1832, Owen Felltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political:
- Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels?
- 2002, Hal Rothman, Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century:
- When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings.
- 1832, Owen Felltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral, Political:
- To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
Translations
See also
- wale on
- whale
- weal
- wheal
Etymology 2
From Middle English wale, wal, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *wal?, *wal? (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German Wahl "choice"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will.
Noun
wale (plural wales)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
Verb
wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
- (Scotland, Northern England) To choose, select.
Alternative forms
- wail (obsolete)
References
- wale at OneLook Dictionary Search
- wale in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- alew, e-law, lawe, weal
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w??le/
Noun
walé f
- possibility
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 75
Fulniô
Noun
wale
- pig
References
- 2009 (originally 1968), Douglas Meland, Doris Meland, Fulniô (Yahthe) Syntax Structure: Preliminary Version, Associação Internacional de Linguística - SIL Brasil, page 19.
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va.le/, [???le]
Noun
wale
- phlegm
- saliva
Particle
wale
- Used to modify the preceding word only, just, alone; quite, very; simply, for free, without reason
References
- “wale” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?l?/
Adverb
w?le
- Alternative form of wel
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wealh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz.
Alternative forms
- wælh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa?l/
Noun
wale
- (rare) An outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land.
- (rare) A thrall; a hireling.
Related terms
- Wales
- Walsch
- walmore
- walnot
- walwort
References
- “w?le, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Etymology 2
From Old English walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz.
Alternative forms
- walle, wala
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?l(?)/
Noun
wale (plural wales)
- A wooden board used for creating the exterior of a vessel; planking.
- (rare) A welt; an injury created by use of a whip or a similar weapon.
- (rare) A lesion; a boil.
Descendants
- English: wale, weal
- Scots: wale, wail
References
- “w?le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Etymology 3
From Old Norse val, from Proto-Germanic *wal?, *wal?.
Alternative forms
- wayle, wall, wal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa?l/
Noun
wale
- A selection or possibility; a decision.
- (rare) A preference; something chosen due to its quality.
Related terms
- walen
Descendants
- English: wale
- Scots: wale, Scots: wail
References
- “w?le, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Adjective
wale
- amazing, of great quality or talent.
- pleasing, nice, enjoyable, benevolent
- strong, firm, strengthy
- (negatively) impactful, grievous, melancholy
- (rare) decided, resolved, picked.
References
- “w?le, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Etymology 4
Noun
wale
- Alternative form of wal
Etymology 5
Verb
wale
- Alternative form of walen
Etymology 6
Noun
wale
- Alternative form of whale
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian willa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?val?/
Verb
wale
- (Mooring Dialect) to want
Conjugation
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va.l?/
- Homophone: wal?
Noun
wale m inan or m anim
- locative/vocative singular of wa?
Noun
wale m anim
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wal
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
Noun
wale
- house
- N? m?tou te wale nei.
- This is our house.
- N? m?tou te wale nei.
- home
- Ka wano au ki wale kaikai.
- I'll go home and eat.
- Ka wano au ki wale kaikai.
- building
Derived terms
- waleimu (“cookhouse, kitchen”)
- walepule (“church”)
- walemaki (“hospital”)
- wale ?uli (“jail, prison”)
Further reading
- Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *wal?, *wal? (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose, wish”).
Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wel/
Noun
wale (plural wales)
- choice, selection
Verb
wale (third-person singular present wales, present participle walin, past waled, past participle waled)
- to choose
Swahili
Adjective
wale
- Wa class inflected form of -le.
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