We got our roof blown off in the gale.
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Gale
//ɡeɪl//
Synonyms for "gale" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀήτης noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Bulgarian
4 entries- блатиста мирта noun (Myrica gale)
- буря noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- взрив noun (outburst of laughter)
- вихър noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Catalan
3 entries- murta de Brabant noun (Myrica gale)
- vendaval noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ventada noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 強風 /强风 noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Czech
2 entries- vichřice noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- výbuch smíchu noun (outburst of laughter)
Danish
4 entries- kuling noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- mosepors noun (Myrica gale)
- pors noun (Myrica gale)
- porse noun (Myrica gale)
Dutch
3 entries- rukwind noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- storm noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- wilde gagel noun (Myrica gale)
Esperanto
2 entries- burasko noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ventego noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Estonian
1 entries- harilik porss noun (Myrica gale)
Faroese
1 entries- porsrunnur noun (Myrica gale)
Finnish
4 entries- myrskyinen tuuli noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- naurunpuuska noun (outburst of laughter)
- puhuri noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- pyrskähdys noun (outburst of laughter)
French
4 entries- bois-sent-bon noun (Myrica gale)
- coup de vent noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- myrte des marais noun (Myrica gale)
- piment royal noun (Myrica gale)
Galician
4 entries- frundiño noun (Myrica gale)
- frundo noun (Myrica gale)
- galerna noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- noada noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Georgian
4 entries- გაცინება noun (outburst of laughter)
- გრიგალი noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ქარიშხალი noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ძლიერი ქარი noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
German
3 entries- Gagel noun (Myrica gale)
- Gagelstrauch noun (Myrica gale)
- Sturm noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְעָרָה noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Hungarian
1 entries- fenyérmirtusz noun (Myrica gale)
Icelandic
2 entries- bruggbuski noun (Myrica gale)
- mjaðarlyng noun (Myrica gale)
Irish
2 entries- gála noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- raideog noun (Myrica gale)
Italian
4 entries- brezza noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- burrasca noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- esplosione noun (outburst of laughter)
- folata noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Japanese
1 entries- 強風 noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Korean
1 entries- 강풍 noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Latin
1 entries- procella noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Latvian
1 entries- auka noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pajūrinis sotvaras noun (Myrica gale)
Macedonian
1 entries- бу́ра noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Malay
1 entries- badai noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Māori
4 entries- kawaru noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- paraawa noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- pārerarera noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- tūpuhi noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Norman
2 entries- dgêle noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- taompette noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Norwegian
1 entries- kuling noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pors noun (Myrica gale)
Old Norse
1 entries- pors noun (Myrica gale)
Polish
4 entries- wicher noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- wichura noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- woskownica noun (Myrica gale)
- wybuch noun (outburst of laughter)
Portuguese
4 entries- frundinho noun (Myrica gale)
- samouco-do-brabante noun (Myrica gale)
- vendaval noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ventania noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Russian
4 entries- бу́ря noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- взрыв noun (outburst of laughter)
- воско́вник noun (Myrica gale)
- вспы́шка noun (outburst of laughter)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- roid noun (Myrica gale)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- napadaj noun (outburst of laughter)
Spanish
4 entries- mirto de Brabante noun (Myrica gale)
- mirto de turbera noun (Myrica gale)
- ventarrón noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- ventolera noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Swedish
2 entries- kuling noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
- pors noun (Myrica gale)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bão tố noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Welsh
3 entries- gwyrddling noun (Myrica gale)
- helygen Mair noun (Myrica gale)
- madywydd noun (Myrica gale)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- boolootò moonmot noun (meteorology: a very strong wind)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The roof was torn off by the gale.
Source: tatoeba (25574)
The ship scudded before a heavy gale.
Source: tatoeba (273442)
The world's first Ferris wheel was built in Chicago. It was named after its constructor, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
Source: tatoeba (831915)
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