Yale

See also: yale

English

Alternative forms

• (university): Yale University (more properly)

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Welsh Iâl, from iâl (“clearing, cultivated upland”). The surname is habitational. The university is named for Elihu Yale, a notable early benefactor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeɪl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

Proper noun

Yale

1. A university in the eastern United States.
   • 2019 May 8, Zachary B. Wolf, “How to know when it’s a constitutional crisis”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     But all this still does not rise to the level of a constitutional crisis, according to Jack Balkin, a Yale law professor who has written in depth about the term along with University of Texas professor Sanford Levinson. Democrats in Congress can go to the courts to have their subpoenas enforced, although Balkin said that is not an ideal path.

2. A romanisation scheme originating from Yale University.
   1. A romanisation scheme designed for Mandarin.

      Coordinate terms: Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Zhuyin fuhao

   2. A romanisation scheme designed for Cantonese.

      Coordinate term: Jyutping

   3. A romanisation scheme designed for Japanese.

      Hypernym: romaji

   4. A romanisation scheme designed for Korean.
3. (historical) Iâl, a commote of medieval Wales.
4. A surname transferred from the place name.

Derived terms

• (university): Yalie

Translations

university

• Armenian: Եյլ (Eyl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶魯大學 / 耶鲁大学 (Yélǔ dàxué), 耶魯 / 耶鲁 (zh) (Yēlǔ)

• Japanese: イェール大学 (Yēru daigaku), エール大学 (Ēru daigaku)
• Korean: 예일 대학교 (yeil daehakgyo)
• Marathi: येल n (yel)
• Polish: Yale n
• Russian: Йе́льский университе́т m (Jjélʹskij universitét)
• Swedish: Yale-universitetet

romanisation scheme

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶魯拼音 / 耶鲁拼音 (je⁴ lou⁵ ping³ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 耶魯拼音 / 耶鲁拼音 (Yélǔ pīnyīn)

• Japanese: イェール式 (ja) (Yēru-shiki)
• Korean: 예일 표기법 (yeil pyogibeop)
• Polish: Yale m
• Russian: йе́льская романиза́ция f (jjélʹskaja romanizácija)

Welsh commote

• Polish: Yale n
• Welsh: Iâl f

Further reading

• Yale Romanization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ealy, Laye, Yael, aley, ayle, laye