yell

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną.

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)
• Aromanian: urlu (rup), aurlu (rup)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叫喊 (cmn) (jiàohǎn), 叫 (cmn) (jiào)

• Czech: řvát (cs)
• Dutch: schreeuwen (nl)
• Esperanto: kriegi (eo)
• Faroese: rópa (fo)
• Finnish: huutaa (fi)
• French: crier (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

• Icelandic: hrópa (is), öskra (is), gala (is)
• Italian: urlare (it), gridare (it), strillare (it)
• Japanese: 叫ぶ (ja) (さけぶ, sakebu)
• Jèrriais: heurler
• Korean: 소리치다 (ko) (sorichida), 외치다 (ko) (oechida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هاوار کردن

• Lojban: krixa (jbo)
• Neapolitan: alluccà
• Norwegian: rope (no)
• Romanian: urla (ro), țipa (ro), striga (ro)
• Russian: кричать (ru) (kričát’), орать (ru) (orát’), вопить (ru) (vopít’)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal (gd)
• 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)