gale – English noun declension

English noun forms of gale

Noun: gale
Singulargale
Pluralgales

Sample Sentences

  • It's blowing a gale outside.
  • Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.
  • With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November. Someone also reported that a steamer had just been sunk in a gale. This made my brother uneasy, and he refused to take the risk of allowing me to sail immediately. [1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii]
  • It's blowing a gale and this holiday destination loses all its appeal in an instant in weather like this. [2026 January 7, 'Mystery Shopper', “Cornish cream - without the jams?”, in RAIL, number 1052, page 48:]
  • a gale of laughter
  • The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval. [1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]:]
  • A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. [c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
  • And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings. [1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:]

Etymology

From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1). See: Middle English Nouns 'gale', Old English Nouns 'galan', Icelandic Nouns 'gola', Danish Nouns 'gal', Old Norse Nouns 'gala'.

Verbs referencing "gale"

English Nouns regale, English Nouns galdr.