carl
sostantivoverbocorrente nei dialoghi
- Regno Unito//kɑːl//
- Stati Uniti//kɑɹl̩//
- Scozia//kɑrəl//
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
sostantivo
- 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
obsoletoA stingy person; a niggard.
Etimologia
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.
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo 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 […]
Etimologia
Uncertain.
Forme
- plurale
- carls
- passato
- carled
- participio passato
- carled
- participio presente
- carling
- 3ª persona singolare
- carls