howl
English
Etymology
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to howl”), Old French ouler, uller ("to howl"; < Germanic), German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish hyla (“to scream, yell”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: houl, IPA(key): /haʊl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊl
Noun
howl (plural howls)
Derived terms
- Irish howl
Translations
protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
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prolonged cry of distress or anguish
Verb
howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)
- To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- Drayton
- And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
- Shakespeare
- Methought a legion of foul fiends / Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
- Drayton
- To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
- Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
- Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
- To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Wild howled the wind.
- Sir Walter Scott
- To utter with outcry.
- to howl derision
Translations
To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
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to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
to utter with outcry
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol; compare also Irish súil (“eye”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
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