strale

See also: stråle

English

Etymology

From Middle English stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow”). More at streal.

Noun

strale (plural strales)

1. Beam, ray (e.g. of light)

Related terms

• streal

References

• “strale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Laster, ratels, alters, stelar, Tarsle, talers, streal, staler, estral, alerts, tarsel, resalt, slater, Slater, Salter, tralse, laster, Trelas, laters, artels, salter

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

strale

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stralen

Anagrams

• laster

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic strāla f (“arrow, beam”) (compare Middle High German strâle and Modern German Strahl m), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu. First attested in 1266.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstra.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: strà‧le

Noun

strale m (plural strali)

1. (literary, poetic) arrow, dart, thunderbolt

   Synonyms: freccia, saetta

   strali di Cupido ― Cupid's darts

2. (figurative, by extension) strike, blow

   Synonyms: colpo, trafittura, dolore

   • 2000 [1472], Dante Alighieri, “Paradiso”, in Robert Hollander, Jean Hollander, transl., La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy], Doubleday:

     Tu lascerai ogne cosa diletta
     più caramente; e questo è quello strale
     che l'arco de lo essilio pria saetta.

     You shall leave behind all you most dearly love,
     and that shall be the arrow
     first loosed from exile's bow.

3. (figurative, by extension) accusation or criticism; shots fired

   Synonyms: accusa, critica

   • 2023 August 24, Alessandra Colarizi, “Il potere dei soldi di Pechino sul consenso del Sud globale: il “sogno sino-africano” di Xi al vertice dei Brics [The power of Beijing's money on the Global South: Xi's "Sino-African dream" at the BRICS summit]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano‎^[1]:

     Ma è soprattutto contro gli Stati Uniti che sono diretti gli strali cinesi.

     But China's accusations are mostly leveled against the United States.

4. racing dinghy for two people

Related terms

• faretra

Anagrams

• lastre, lestra, starle

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu.

Noun

strâle f

1. arrow
2. stinger (of an insect)
3. point of a weapon
4. (rare) ray, beam

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	strâle	strâlen
accusative	strâle	strâlen
genitive	strâle, strâlen	strâlen
dative	strâle, strâlen	strâlen

Alternative forms

• strâel

Derived terms

• strâlen

Descendants

• Dutch: straal
  • Afrikaans: straal
  • → Papiamentu: stral, straal
• Limburgish: straol

Further reading

• “strael”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “strael”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page strael