yell

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Old English ġiellan.

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

yell at yell silently yeller

Translations

shout (verb)

Arabic: صاحَ (ar) (SaaHa) Armenian: գոռալ (hy) (goṙal), բղավել (hy) (bġavel) Chinese: Mandarin: 叫喊 (zh) (jiàohǎn), 叫 (zh) (jiào) Czech: řvát (cs) Esperanto: kriegi (eo) Faroese: rópa (fo) Finnish: huutaa (fi) French: crier (fr) German: schreien (de) Greek: ωρύομαι (oríome), ουρλιάζω (urʎázo), κραυγάζω (kravɣázo), σκούζω (skúzo) Hebrew: צָרַח (he) (tsaráḥ)

Hindi: चिल्लाना (hi) (cillānā) Hungarian: ordít (hu), kiáltozik (hu) Italian: urlare (it), gridare (it), strillare (it) Japanese: 叫ぶ (ja) (さけぶ, sakebu) Korean: 소리치다 (ko) (sorichida), 외치다 (ko) (oechida) Kurdish: هاوار کردن Neapolitan: alluccà Norwegian: rope (no) Romanian: urla (ro), țipa (ro), striga (ro) Russian: кричать (ru) (kričát’), орать (ru) (orát’), вопить (ru) (vopít’) Spanish: gritar, hablar alto Urdu: چلانا (ur) (cillānā)

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.

Noun

yell (plural yells)

1. A shout.

Etymology 2

From Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)