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hail

/ˈheɪl/HAYL
/ˈheɪl/HAYL

Meaningfrozen rain

Common meaning: pellets of ice falling from clouds

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhagl‘frozen rain’source
  2. Middle Englishhazelsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfrozen rain → pellets of ice falling from cloudshail‘pellets of ice falling from clouds’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English hagl ‘frozen rain’.

Roots

  • hagl Old English “frozen rain”

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