gale

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English galen, from Old English galan (to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sing charms, practice incantation), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (to roop, sing, charm), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰol-, *gʰel- (to shout, scream, charm away). Cognate with Danish gale (to crow), Swedish gala (to crow), Icelandic gala (to sing, chant, crow), Dutch galm (sound, noise). Related to yell.

Verb [edit]

gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past galed or gole, past participle galed or galen)

  1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
  2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
  3. (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
  4. (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
  5. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English gale (a wind, breeze), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (a breeze), Danish gal, furious, mad[1], from Old Norse gala (to sing).

Noun [edit]

gale (plural gales)

  1. (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
    a gale of laughter
  3. (archaic) A light breeze.
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Middle English gail, from Old English gagel

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Noun [edit]

gale

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  1. A shrub, sweet gale (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens.
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Etymology 4 [edit]

Middle English gavel (rent", "tribute), from Old English gafol

Noun [edit]

gale

  1. (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
    Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
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  1. ^ Etymology of gale

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Basque [edit]

Noun [edit]

gale

  1. eagerness

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Variant of galle.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡal/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

gale f (plural gales)

  1. scabies; mange

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

gale f

  1. Plural form of gala

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Norwegian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

gale

  1. Plural of gal

Verb [edit]

gale

  1. to make a sound characteristic of a rooster; to crow

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