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Pronunciation
IPA|/heɪl/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Etymology 1
From Old English hægl|hæġl.

Noun
en-noun|pl=hail

1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation from a thunderstorm.

cite book
| year = 1977
| title = MANOBS Manual of Surface Weather Observations
| edition = Seventh, Amendment 15
| publisher = Meteorological Service of Canada
| location = Canada

Translations
trans-top|balls of ice
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡Ö�Õ¯Õ¸Ö�Õ¿ (karkut)
Bosnian: grad m
Chinese: � (báo), �� (bīngbáo), �� (b�ozi)
Croatian: grad m
Czech: kroupy f|p, krupobití n
Danish: hagl g|Danish
Dutch: hagel m
Esperanto: hajlo
Finnish: rae, rakeet p
French: grêle f
German: Hagel m
Hungarian: jéges� f
Italian: grandine f
Japanese: � (���, hy�)
Korean: �� (ubak)
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Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ت��رز��|trtarza|scKUchar
Latin: grando|grand� f
Lithuanian: kruša f
Norwegian: hagl n
Old High German: hagal
Polish: grad m
Portuguese: granizo m
Russian: г�ад m
Scottish Gaelic: clach-mheallain f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: г�ад m
:Roman: grad m
Slovene: to�a n
Spanish: granizo m
Swedish: hagel n
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Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive (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.

1. transitive To send or release hail

#: The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.

Translations
trans-top|said when hail is falling
Czech: padat kroupy
Dutch: hagelen
Esperanto: hajlo
Finnish: sataa rakeita
French: grêler
German: hageln
Italian: grandinare
Norwegian: hagle
Portuguese: granizar
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Russian: ид�и г�ад (idtí grad) (г�ад ид��, grad idjót)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пада г�ад
:Roman: pada grad
Swedish: hagla
Spanish: granizar
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Etymology 2
From hail, a variant of hale �health, safety�.

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To greet.

#: Hail Linzen

1. transitive To praise enthusiastically.

#: He was hailed as a hero.

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

#: Hail a taxi

1. be a native of

#: She hails from Kalamazoo

Translations
trans-top|to greet
Dutch begroeten
Finnish: tervehtiä
French: saluer
German: grü�en
Icelandic: heilsa
Italian: salutare
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Russian: п�иве���вова��
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: позд�ави�и
:Roman: pozdraviti
Spanish: saludar
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trans-top|to praise enthusiastically
French: ovationner
Italian: osannare
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��кликн��и
:Roman: uskliknuti
Spanish: ovacionar
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trans-top|to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
Czech: p�ivolat
Finnish: kutsua
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French: héler
Italian: chiamare
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trans-top|to be a native of
Finnish: olla peräisin
Icelandic: koma frá
Italian: venire, essere originario (followed by di)
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: по�и�а�и
:Roman: poticati
Turkish: dolu
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