carl
substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//kɑːl//
- Estados Unidos//kɑɹl̩//
- Escócia//kɑrəl//
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
substantivo
- 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.
Formas
- plural
- carls
- pretérito
- carled
- particípio passado
- carled
- gerúndio
- carling
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- carls