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See also: W?il

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wāl, IPA^(key): /we?l/, [we??]

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• Rhymes: -e?l
• Homophone: wale
• Homophone: whale (wine–whine merger)

Etymology 1

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c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse v?la (“to wail”), from v?, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.

The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14^th c.. The noun came from the verb.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

1. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.

   Synonyms: groan, moan

2. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.

   Synonyms: burst into tears; see also Thesaurus:weep

3. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.

   Synonyms: keen, ululate

   The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.

4. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.

   Synonyms: lament, mourn; see also Thesaurus:lament

   to wail one's death

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 3, scene 2]:

     My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes

5. (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
   • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

     Another outstanding surfer from Hawaii - Fred Hemmings. Fred only stands up on alternate Wednesdays, but when he does, he really wails.

   • 1999, Lewis A. Erenberg, Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture?^[2], page 111:

     At Boston's Roseland, as "the Count's band was wailing," he grabbed Mamie, an avid dancer. The "band was screaming when she kicked off her shoes and got barefooted

   • 2012, Robert Lewis Barrett, A Portrait of the First Born As a Child?^[3], page 377:

     The band was really wailing as we quickly made our dance moves in a most provocative manner.

   • 2013, Joan Silber, Fools?^[4], →ISBN:

     We had a nondenominational wedding, with a bunch of great Sufi musicians really wailing, and my wildly enthusiastic mother in attendance.

Derived terms

• bewail
• wailer
• wail on
• wailingly

Translations

to cry out

• Bikol Central: haya
• Bulgarian: стена (bg) (stena)
• Catalan: plànyer-se (ca), gemegar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嚎啕 (zh) (háotáo), 號啕 / 号啕 (zh) (háotáo), 號哭 / 号哭 (zh) (háokū)

• Danish: hyle, jamre
• Finnish: ulista (fi), itke? (fi)
• French: gémir (fr)
• Galician: salaiar, laiar, lanxir
• German: jammern (de), heulen (de)
• Gothic: ???????????? (hiufan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γο?ω (goáō)

• Hungarian: jajgat (hu), jajveszékel (hu)
• Italian: piangere (it), lamentarsi (it)
• Kazakh: зарлау (zarlau)
• Latin: vagio
• Mpade: swe
• Marathi: ??? ????? (ga?ā kā?h?e)
• Norwegian: jamre (no)
• Persian: ???? ???? (zari kardan), ??? ??? (zajje zadan)
• Polish: zawodzi? (pl) impf, kwili? impf
• Russian: вопи?ть (ru) (vopít?)
• Spanish: llorar (es), lamentar (es)
• ?Xó?: g?kx?á?

to weep, lament

• Bikol Central: haya
• Bulgarian: ридая (bg) (ridaja), оплаквам (bg) (oplakvam)
• Catalan: plorar (ca), lamentar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哀泣 (oi¹ jap¹) (literary)

  Mandarin: 哀泣 (zh) (āiqì) (literary)

• Danish: jamre, klage (da)
• Egyptian: (jwjw)
• Finnish: ulista (fi), itke? (fi)
• French: se lamenter (fr), vagir (fr)
• Galician: laiar, salaiar, lanxir
• German: heulen (de), wehklagen (de) (obsolete)
• Gothic: ???????????? (qainōn)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ?δ?ρομαι (odúromai)

• Hungarian: sír (hu), siránkozik (hu)
• Ingrian: ulissa
• Italian: lamentarsi (it), gemere (it), piagnucolare (it)
• Mpade: swe
• Old English: rēotan
• Persian: ???? ? ???? ???? (gerye-o-zari kardan)
• Russian: выть (ru) (vyt?), вопи?ть (ru) (vopít?), стена?ть (ru) (stenát?), причита?ть (ru) (pri?itát?)
• Spanish: llorar (es)
• Turkish: m?zm?zlanmak (tr) (lament / informal)
• Woiwurrung: jale marrn-ngol
• ?Xó?: g?kx?á?

to make a sound like crying

• Bulgarian: ридая (bg) (ridaja), вия (bg) (vija)
• Finnish: ulvoa (fi), ulista (fi), valittaa (fi)
• Galician: laiar, salaiar
• German: heulen (de)
• Hungarian: süvít (hu)
• Italian: gemere (it) m, lamentarsi (it), ululare (it)
• Maori: whakapū
• Russian: выть (ru) (vyt?)
• Spanish: gemir (es)

to grieve over

• Bulgarian: оплаквам (bg) (oplakvam)
• German: klagen (de), wehklagen (de), beweinen (de)
• Hungarian: gyászol (hu), sirat (hu), kesereg (hu), fájlal (hu)

to perform with great liveliness and force (slang)

• German: jaulen (de) (pejorative)
• Swedish: waila (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} huilen (nl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} strillo (it)

Noun

wail (plural wails)

1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. [from 15^th c.]

   She let out a loud, doleful wail.

2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.

   The wail of snow-dark winter winds.

   A bird's wail in the night.

3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

Derived terms

• widow-wail

Translations

loud cry or shriek

• Bulgarian: вопъл (bg) m (vopǎl), стон (bg) (ston)
• Catalan: gemec (ca) m
• Danish: hyl n, jammer c, klager?b n
• Dutch: schreeuw (nl) m, kreet (nl) m
• Esperanto: vekrio
• Finnish: ulina (fi)
• French: gémissement (fr) m, plainte (fr) f
• Galician: laio (gl) m
• German: Schrei (de) m, Schmerzensschrei (de) m, Klagelaut (de) m, Wehklagen (de) n (exalted), Kreischen (de) n
• Icelandic: ?pa (is)
• Italian: urlo (it) m, gemito (it) m, lamento (it) m
• Japanese: 泣き声 (ja) (nakigoe), うなり (ja) (unari)
• Latvian: vaimana (lv) f
• Persian: ???? (fa) (veyle)
• Polish: bek (pl) m
• Portuguese: gemido (pt)
• Russian: вой (ru) m (voj), вопль (ru) m (vopl?), вытьё (ru) n (vyt?jó), стена?ния (ru) n pl (stenánija)
• Spanish: gemido (es) m

a long drawn out howl

• German: Heulen (de) n, Jaulen n, Schrei (de) m (bird), Geschrei (de) n (birds), Kreischen (de) n (birds)
• Maori: whakapū

emergency vehicle siren

• Bulgarian: вой (bg) m (voj)
• German: Heulen (de) n
• Italian: suono di sirena m

Etymology 2

From Old Norse val (“choice”). Compare Icelandic velja (“to choose”). More at wale.

Verb

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”).
   • c. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid:

     Wailed wine and metes

References

• “wail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “wail”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “wail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• wali, wila, wāli

Asilulu

Noun

wail

1. water

References

• James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of wala (“not”) +? ilhi (“known, recognized”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa?il
• IPA^(key): /wa??il/ [w???il?]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

wail (Badlit spelling ????)

1. an insignificant person
2. an unknown person or thing
3. an unknown celebrity or politician