straal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch straal

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /strɑːl/

Noun

straal (plural strale)

  1. ray, beam

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /straːl/
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  • Hyphenation: straal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch strâle, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-Germanic *strēlō (“arrow, ray, beam”).

Noun

straal f (plural stralen, diminutive straaltje n)

  1. ray (a beam of light or radiation)
  2. a thin stream of liquid, a trickle
  3. (geometry) radius
  4. stinger
  5. (equids) frog (organ in the hoof)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Adverb

straal

  1. completely, to the hilt
  2. along a straight line

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

straal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stralen
  2. imperative of stralen

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