"wail" meaning in All languages combined

See wail on Wiktionary

Noun [英語]

IPA: weɪl Audio: en-us-wail.ogg Forms: wails [plural]
  1. 泣き声。
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-noun-2dEfprn8
  2. (風・サイレンなどの)物悲しい音。
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-noun-tC6IrwV6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [英語]

IPA: weɪl Audio: en-us-wail.ogg Forms: wails [third-person, singular, present], wailing [present, participle], wailed [past, participle]
  1. 泣き叫ぶ、嘆く。 Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-verb-2aL7BlEO Categories (other): 英語 自動詞
  2. (風・サイレンなどが)物悲しい音を立てる。 Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-verb-PmpJCQc7 Categories (other): 英語 自動詞
  3. ~と泣き叫ぶ。 Tags: transitive
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-verb-YRgNzMul Categories (other): 英語 他動詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wailer, wailingly

Verb [英語]

IPA: weɪl Audio: en-us-wail.ogg Forms: wails [third-person, singular, present], wailing [present, participle], wailed [past, participle]
  1. 選ぶ。 Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: ja-wail-en-verb-pjQPkxTw Categories (other): 英語 廃語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 同音異義",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 名詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 国際音声記号あり",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
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    }
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "古ノルド語væla か"
  ],
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      "form": "wails",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "泣き声。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-wail-en-noun-2dEfprn8",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "泣",
          "な"
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        [
          "声",
          "ごえ"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "(風・サイレンなどの)物悲しい音。"
      ],
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          "物",
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        [
          "悲",
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        ],
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        ]
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    "古ノルド語væla か"
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  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
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        {
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        "泣き叫ぶ、嘆く。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-wail-en-verb-2aL7BlEO",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "泣",
          "な"
        ],
        [
          "叫",
          "さけ"
        ],
        [
          "嘆",
          "なげ"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "(風・サイレンなどが)物悲しい音を立てる。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-wail-en-verb-PmpJCQc7",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "~と泣き叫ぶ。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-wail-en-verb-YRgNzMul",
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "weɪl"
    },
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      "homophones": [
        "whale"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "wail"
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      "form": "wailed",
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        "選ぶ。"
      ],
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          "選",
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        ]
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        "泣き声。"
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          "泣",
          "な"
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          "声",
          "ごえ"
        ]
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        "(風・サイレンなどの)物悲しい音。"
      ],
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        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "悲",
          "がな"
        ],
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          "音",
          "おと"
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      "glosses": [
        "泣き叫ぶ、嘆く。"
      ],
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        [
          "泣",
          "な"
        ],
        [
          "叫",
          "さけ"
        ],
        [
          "嘆",
          "なげ"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "英語 自動詞"
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        "(風・サイレンなどが)物悲しい音を立てる。"
      ],
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        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "英語 他動詞"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "~と泣き叫ぶ。"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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    },
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        "選ぶ。"
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        [
          "選",
          "えら"
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