Hail

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Intransitive verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 1.3.1 Transitive verb 1.3.1.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /heɪl/

Etymology

From Old English hæġl.

Noun

hail (uncountable)

1. Balls of ice falling as precipitation from the sky.

Translations

Bosnian: grad m Chinese: 雹, 冰雹, 雹子 Czech: kroupy pl f, krupobití n Danish: hagl Dutch: hagel m Finnish: rae, rakeet French: grêle f German: Hagel m Hungarian: jégeső f Italian: grandine f Japanese: 雹 (ひょう)

Lithuanian: kruša f Polish: grad m Russian: град m Serbian: Cyrillic: град m Latin: grad m Swedish: hagel Spanish: granizo m

Intransitive verb

to hail (past tense and past participle hailed)

1. (used only in the infinitive and the third-person singular with it) Said of the weather when hail is falling.

   They say it's going to hail tomorrow.

Translations

Czech: padat kroupy Dutch: hagelen Finnish: sataa rakeita French: grêler

German: hageln Italian: grandinare Swedish: hagla Spanish: granizar

Etymology

From hail, a variant of hale ‘health, safety’.

Transitive verb

to hail (past tense and past participle hailed)

1. To greet.

   Hail Caesar

2. To praise enthusiastically.

   He was hailed as a hero.

3. To call out to loudly in order to gain the attention of

   hail a taxi

Translations

to greet

Finnish: tervehtiä French: saluer German: grüßen

Italian: salutare Russian: приветствовать Spanish: saludar

To praise enthusiastically

French: ovationner Spanish: ovacionar

To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

Czech: přivolat Finnish: kutsua

French: héler

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