hail
Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstormBalls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
» The rain turned to hail.
Дощ перетворився на град.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Hagel, Graupel
градgrad
градhrad
(countable)An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
(broadly, countable)A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
- enthusiastic greeting
- many objects thrown forcefully through the air
- precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Examples
105 sentencesThe rain turned to hail.
Дощ перетворився на град. — deniko
Have you ever seen it hail?
ruТы когда-нибудь видел град? — Ooneykcall
deHast du es je hageln sehen? — lilygilder
There's no need to hail a taxi.
deEs ist nicht nötig ein Taxi zu rufen. — RandomUsername
Tom hailed a cab.
I hailed a cab.
deIch habe ein Taxi gerufen. — Luiaard
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hayl, haul, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-WFrom Middle English hayl, haul, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, of uncertain origin. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”); or alternatively from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Dutch and Swedish hagel (“hail”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz, if the second etymology (“cold”) is correct.
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Forms
plural: hailsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable