bawl

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English bawlen, from Old Norse baula ‎(“to low”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō ‎(“bark”, verb), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- ‎(“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bau- ‎(“to bark”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną ‎(“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‎(“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Icelandic baula ‎(“to moo, low”), Swedish böla ‎(“to bellow, low”). More at bell.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): [bɔːɫ]
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /bɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophone: ball

VerbEdit

bawl ‎(third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)

1. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.

TranslationsEdit

(intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner

• French: hurler (fr)
• Italian: gridare (it), urlare (it)
• Maori: hāparangi, whakapakari, paraē, whakapakari

• Russian: ора́ть (ru) ‎(orátʹ), крича́ть (ru) ‎(kričátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: vikati (sh)

(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry

• French: hurler (fr)

• German: heulen (de)
• Russian: реве́ть (ru) ‎(revétʹ), вопи́ть (ru) ‎(vopítʹ)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} викам ‎(vikam), ^{(please verify)} крещя ‎(kreštja), ^{(please verify)} рева ‎(reva)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} brailli (Jersey)

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} derati se

Derived termsEdit

• bawler

AnagramsEdit

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