carl
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//kɑːl//
- États-Unis//kɑɹl̩//
- Écosse//kɑrəl//
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
nom
- 1
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.
- 2
obsolèteA stingy person; a niggard.
Étymologie
From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.
verbe
- 1
obsolèteTo snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]
Étymologie
Uncertain.
Formes
- pluriel
- carls
- passé
- carled
- participe passé
- carled
- participe présent
- carling
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- carls