weal

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wēl, IPA: /wiːl/, SAMPA: /wi:l/

  Rhymes: -iːl

• Homophones: we'll; wheal, wheel (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English wela

[edit] Noun

weal (plural weals)

1. (literary) welfare
2. a sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.

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[edit] Etymology 2

See wale

[edit] Noun

weal (plural weals)

1. a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip; a welt.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aelw
• wale