yell

See also: ye'll and Yell

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

Verb

yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

1. (intransitive) To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
2. (transitive) To convey by shouting.

   He yelled directions to the party from the car.

3. (informal, usually followed by at) To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.

   If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

   They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.

   • 2020 August 12, Nils van Dam, Dado Van Peteghem, Metasystems: How trust can change the world, Die Keure Publishing, →ISBN:

     Nobody likes to receive an email yelling 'ASAP' right in the subject line.

   • 2023 November 10, "TalkThirtyToMe", Instagram post:

     that uncle sent some [...] email yelling about how changing the name of Fort Bragg was outrageous

Usage notes

• To yell at someone is to do so in a possibly hostile manner, while to yell to someone usually means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• yell at a cloud, yell at cloud, yell at clouds, yell at the cloud, yell at the clouds
• yeller
• yell out
• yell silently

Related terms

• gale
• yelp

Translations

shout (verb)

• Albanian: bërtas (sq)
• Arabic: صَاحَ (ar) (ṣāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: صاح (sāḥ)

• Armenian: գոռալ (hy) (goṙal), բղավել (hy) (bġavel)
• Aromanian: urlu, aurlu
• Bulgarian: викам (bg) (vikam), крещя (bg) (kreštja)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎯᎠ (adohia), ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ (getluhvsga)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: řvát (cs), ječet (cs)
• Danish: råbe, skrige
• Dutch: schreeuwen (nl)
• Esperanto: kriegi (eo)
• Faroese: rópa
• Finnish: huutaa (fi)
• French: hurler (fr), gueuler (fr) (familiar)
• Friulian: urlâ, vosâ
• Galician: berrar (gl), golear (gl), bracar, barullar (gl)
• Georgian: ყვირილი (q̇virili), კივილი (ḳivili)
• German: schreien (de)
• Greek: ωρύομαι (el) (orýomai), ουρλιάζω (el) (ourliázo), κραυγάζω (el) (kravgázo), σκούζω (el) (skoúzo), φωνάζω (el) (fonázo)

  Ancient Greek: βοάω (boáō)

• Hebrew: צָרַח (he) (tsaráḥ)
• Hindi: चिल्लाना (hi) (cillānā)
• Hungarian: ordít (hu), kiáltozik (hu)
• Icelandic: hrópa (is), öskra, gala (is)
• Ido: kriar (io), bramar (io)
• Italian: urlare (it), gridare (it), strillare (it), sbraitare (it)
• Japanese: 叫ぶ (ja) (さけぶ, sakebu)
• Khmer: ស្រែក (km) (sraek)
• Korean: 소리치다 (ko) (sorichida), 외치다 (ko) (oechida)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھاوار کردن (hawar kirdin)

• Latin: clāmō
• Māori: pararē, hāparangi, tīwaha, hāmama, auare
• Megleno-Romanian: strig
• Middle English: yellen
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: vīe

• Neapolitan: alluccà
• Norman: heurler
• Norwegian: rope (no), skrike (no)
• Ojibwe: biibaagi
• Old English: hrīeman, ġiellan
• Polish: krzyczeć (pl)
• Portuguese: gritar (pt)
• Romanian: urla (ro), țipa (ro), striga (ro)
• Russian: крича́ть (ru) (kričátʹ), ора́ть (ru) (orátʹ), вопи́ть (ru) (vopítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal
• Spanish: gritar (es), vociferar (es), vocear (es), gritonear (es), exclamar (es), huchear (es)
• Thai: ตะโกน (th) (dtà-goon)
• Turkish: bağırmak (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak), سسلنمك (seslenmek)

• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎈 (ṣḥ)
• Ukrainian: крича́ти impf (kryčáty), вереща́ти impf (vereščáty)
• Urdu: چلانا (cillānā)
• Vietnamese: la hét (vi)
• Woiwurrung: karrim-neen

to scold by yelling

• Finnish: rähjätä (fi), räyhätä (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} engueuler (fr), ^{(please verify)} gronder (fr), ^{(please verify)} crier sur
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} berteriak (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sgridare (it)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} накрича́ть (ru) pf (nakričátʹ), ^{(please verify)} наора́ть (ru) pf (naorátʹ)

Noun

yell (plural yells)

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.
   • 1912, The Michigan Alumnus, volume 18, page 152:

     After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]

Derived terms

• cell yell
• give one a yell
• rebel yell
• Tarzan yell

Translations

a shout

• Azerbaijani: anqırtı
• Bulgarian: вик (bg) m (vik), крясък (bg) m (krjasǎk)
• Finnish: huuto (fi)
• Galician: berro (gl) m, alarido m, grito (gl) m
• Ingrian: kiljahus, möry
• Irish: liú m
• Middle English: yel
• Sanskrit: क्रोश (sa) m (krośa)
• Spanish: grito (es) m, vociferación f, gritoneo (es) m (Andes), voceo (es) m
• Ukrainian: крик m (kryk), ве́реск m (véresk)

a slogan to be shouted

• Esperanto: kriego

Descendants

• → Indonesian: (commonly reduplicated) yel (learned)

References

• “yell”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)

Anagrams

• Lyle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: yell
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

yell m (plural yells, no diminutive)

1. yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)

Related terms

• gil
• gillen
• yellen

Middle English

Noun

yell

1. alternative form of yel