ragliare

Italian

Alternative forms

• ragghiare

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *raglō, from *ragulāre, from Late Latin ragō (whence French raire, réer, Romanian rage). Compare Venetian rajar, ragiar, Sicilian ragghiari, French railler, Occitan ralhar, Catalan rallar. The form ragliare in Italian may have been influenced by a northern Italian variant or Gallo-Romance language (cf. Old Occitan ralhar); compare the original form ragghiare.

Verb

ragliare

1. (intransitive) to bray

Related terms

• raglio

Anagrams

• elargirà, raglierà