different between yell vs yel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

Verb

yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

1. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
2. (transitive) to convey by shouting

   He yelled directions to the party from the car.

3. (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)

   If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

Usage notes

To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Synonyms

• (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout

Derived terms

Related terms

• gale
• yelp

Translations

Noun

yell (plural yells)

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.
   • 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)

     After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)

Anagrams

• Lyle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/
• Hyphenation: yell
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

yell m (plural yells)

1. yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)

Related terms

• gil
• gillen
• yellen

Middle English

Noun

yell

1. Alternative form of ?elle

English

Verb

yel (third-person singular simple present yels, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

1. Obsolete spelling of yell

Anagrams

• Ely, Ley, ley, lye

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *y?l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jel]

Noun

yel (definite accusative yeli, plural yell?r)

1. wind

   Synonym: kül?k

2. flatus

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *y?l.

Noun

yel

1. wind

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From English yell, from Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?j?l]
• Hyphenation: yèl

Noun

yel (first-person possessive yelku, second-person possessive yelmu, third-person possessive yelnya)

1. yell, shout.

Further reading

• “yel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Tocharian B

Noun

yel

1. worm

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic yél, from Proto-Turkic *y?l (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/

Noun

yel

1. wind

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *y?l.

Noun

yel (plural yellar)

1. wind

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English year.

Noun

yel (nominative plural yels)

1. year

Declension

Derived terms

• lifayel

Zoogocho Zapotec

Noun

yel

1. cornfield

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 366