"streal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɹiːl/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l], [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-streal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: streals [plural], strale [alternative, dialectal], streale [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā- (“arrow, beam”). Cognate with West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”). See also streel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|strele}} Middle English strele, {{inh|en|ang|strǣl|t=beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile}} Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*strālu|t=arrow, ray, beam}} Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*strēl-}} Proto-Indo-European *strēl-, {{cog|fy|striel|t=arrow, dart, shaft}} West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), {{cog|nl|straal|t=radius, ray, beam, stream}} Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), {{cog|de|Strahl|t=beam, ray, spurt}} German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), {{cog|sv|stråle|t=beam, ray}} Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), {{cog|is|strjál|t=arrow}} Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), {{cog|lt|strėlė|t=arrow, dart, jib}} Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), {{cog|ru|стрела|t=arrow, dart}} Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} streal (plural streals)
  1. (rare) Beam, ray (e.g. of light). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-streal-en-noun-u-pNsppy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 1 40 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 2 38 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 2 34 10
  2. (Sussex) An arrow.
    Sense id: en-streal-en-noun-31J~xCof Categories (other): Sussex English
  3. (UK, Scotland) Anything thrown or cast; a missile. Tags: Scotland, UK
    Sense id: en-streal-en-noun-pwlwkHNC Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 1 40 19
  4. (UK dialectal) The pupil of the eye. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-streal-en-noun-NBwu2MpM Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 1 40 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: streel

Inflected forms

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    [
      "strele",
      "strele#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "stral",
      "stral#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "strǣl",
      "stræl#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*strālu",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strālu"
    ],
    [
      "*strēl-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/strēl-"
    ],
    [
      "*strēlā-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/strēlā-"
    ],
    [
      "striel",
      "striel#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "straal",
      "straal#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Strahl",
      "Strahl#German"
    ],
    [
      "stråle",
      "stråle#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "strjál",
      "strjál#Icelandic"
    ],
    [
      "strėlė",
      "strėlė#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "стрела",
      "стрела#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "streel",
      "streel#English"
    ]
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      },
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    },
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        "(Sussex) An arrow."
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        "(UK, Scotland) Anything thrown or cast; a missile."
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        "The pupil of the eye."
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        "(UK dialectal) The pupil of the eye."
      ],
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        "dialectal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɹiːl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]"
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      "strǣl",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "An arrow."
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        "(Sussex) An arrow."
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        "(UK, Scotland) Anything thrown or cast; a missile."
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        "(UK dialectal) The pupil of the eye."
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɹiːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]"
    },
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}

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