bawl

English

Etymology

From Middle English bawlen, from Old Norse baula (“to low”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“bark”, v), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bau- (“to bark”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [bɔːɫ]
• (US) IPA: /bɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /bɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophone: ball

Verb

bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)

1. (intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.

Translations

(intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner

• French: hurler (fr)

• Russian: орать (ru) (orátʹ) , кричать (ru) (kričátʹ) 

(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry

• French: hurler (fr)

• Russian: реветь (ru) (revétʹ) , вопить (ru) (vopítʹ) 

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: викам, крещя, рева
• Jèrriais: brailli

• Serbo-Croatian: derati se, vikati

Derived terms

• bawler

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