yell

See also: ye'll, and Yell

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

Verb

yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

1. (intransitive) To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
2. (transitive) To convey by shouting.

   He yelled directions to the party from the car.

3. (informal, followed by at) To tell someone off in a loud and angry manner.

   If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

Usage notes

• To yell at someone is to do so in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Synonyms

• (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout

Derived terms

• yell at
• yell silently
• yeller
• yell out

Related terms

• gale
• yelp

Translations

shout (verb)

• Arabic: صَاحَ (ar) (ṣāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: صاح (sāḥ)

• Armenian: գոռալ (hy) (goṙal), բղավել (hy) (bġavel)
• Aromanian: urlu, aurlu
• Bulgarian: викам (bg) (vikam), крещя (bg) (kreštja)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎯᎠ (adohia), ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ (getluhvsga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叫喊 (zh) (jiàohǎn), 叫 (zh) (jiào)

• Czech: řvát (cs), ječet (cs)
• Danish: råbe, skrige
• Dutch: schreeuwen (nl)
• Esperanto: kriegi (eo)
• Faroese: rópa
• Finnish: huutaa (fi)
• French: hurler (fr), gueuler (fr) (familiar)
• Friulian: urlâ, vosâ
• Galician: berrar (gl), golear (gl), bracar, barullar (gl)
• Georgian: ყვირილი (q̇virili), კივილი (ḳivili)
• German: schreien (de)
• Greek: ωρύομαι (el) (orýomai), ουρλιάζω (el) (ourliázo), κραυγάζω (el) (kravgázo), σκούζω (el) (skoúzo), φωνάζω (el) (fonázo)

  Ancient: βοάω (boáō)

• Hebrew: צָרַח (he) (tsaráḥ)
• Hindi: चिल्लाना (hi) (cillānā)
• Hungarian: ordít (hu), kiáltozik (hu)
• Icelandic: hrópa (is), öskra, gala
• Ido: kriar (io), bramar (io)
• Italian: urlare (it), gridare (it), strillare (it), sbraitare (it)
• Japanese: 叫ぶ (ja) (さけぶ, sakebu)
• Khmer: ស្រែក (km) (sraek)
• Korean: 소리치다 (ko) (sorichida), 외치다 (ko) (oechida)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھاوار کردن (hawar kirdin)

• Latin: clāmō
• Maori: pararē, hāparangi, tīwaha, hāmama, auare
• Megleno-Romanian: strig
• Middle English: yellen
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: alluccà
• Norman: heurler
• Norwegian: rope (no), skrike (no)
• Ojibwe: biibaagi
• Old English: hrīeman, ġiellan
• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak), سسلنمك (seslenmek)
• Portuguese: gritar (pt)
• Romanian: urla (ro), țipa (ro), striga (ro)
• Russian: крича́ть (ru) (kričátʹ), ора́ть (ru) (orátʹ), вопи́ть (ru) (vopítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal
• Spanish: gritar (es), vociferar (es), vocear (es), gritonear (es), exclamar (es), huchear (es)
• Thai: ตะโกน (th) (dtà-goon)
• Turkish: bağırmak (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎈 (ṣḥ)
• Ukrainian: крича́ти impf (kryčáty), вереща́ти impf (vereščáty)
• Urdu: چلانا (cillānā)
• Vietnamese: la hét (vi)

Noun

yell (plural yells)

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.
   • 1912, The Michigan Alumnus, volume 18, page 152:

     After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings […]

Derived terms

• cell yell
• give one a yell
• rebel yell

 

Translations

a shout

• Azerbaijani: anqırtı
• Bulgarian: вик (bg) m (vik), крясък (bg) m (krjasǎk)
• Galician: berro (gl) m, alarido m, grito (gl) m
• Ingrian: kiljahus, möry
• Irish: liú m
• Middle English: yel
• Sanskrit: क्रोश (sa) m (krośa)
• Spanish: grito (es) m, vociferación f, gritoneo (es) m (Andes), voceo (es) m
• Ukrainian: крик m (kryk), ве́реск m (véresk)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)

Anagrams

• Lyle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: yell
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

yell m (plural yells)

1. yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)

Related terms

• gil
• gillen
• yellen

Middle English

Noun

yell

1. Alternative form of yel