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)
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
- (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
- (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
- (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)
- (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- a gale of laughter
- (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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- 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
- (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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Basque [edit]
Noun [edit]
gale
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Variant of galle.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gale f (plural gales)
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Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
gale f
- Plural form of gala
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Norwegian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
gale
- Plural of gal
Verb [edit]
gale
Conjugation [edit]
Inflection 1
| Infinitive active | gale | |
| Infinitive passive | gales | |
| Present active | galer | |
| Present passive | gales | |
| Past | gol | |
| Present participle | galende | |
| Past participle | galt | |
| Imperative | gal |
| Infinitive active | gale | |
| Infinitive passive | gales | |
| Present active | galer | |
| Present passive | gales | |
| Past | galte | |
| Present participle | galende | |
| Past participle | galt | |
| Imperative | gal |
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