grêle
See also: grêlé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɛl/, /ɡʁɛːl/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Quebec, Montreal): (file) - Homophones: grêlent, grêles
- Hyphenation: grêle
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French graisle, inherited from Latin gracilis (“slim”). Doublet of gracile.
Adjective
grêle (plural grêles)
Etymology 2
Deverbal of grêler; corresponds to Old French gresle. Ultimately of Frankish origin.
Noun
grêle f (plural grêles)
- (weather) hail
Derived terms
Verb
grêle
- (rare) first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of grêler
- 2012, Samuel N. Degni, edited by Mon Petit Éditeur, Chants du dernier combat[1], page 13:
- Mystère, Mystère !
Je pleux des flèches
Je neige des épées
Je tonne des bombes
Je grêle des kalaches
[...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of grêler
Further reading
- “grêle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.