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 strâel, strâle, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu.

Noun

straal m or f (plural stralen, diminutive straaltje n)

  1. ray (a beam of light or radiation)
  2. a thin stream of liquid, a jet
  3. (geometry) radius
  4. stinger
  5. (equids) frog (organ in the hoof)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: straal
  • → Papiamentu: stral, straal

Etymology 2

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Adverb

straal

  1. obliviously, to the point of oblivion, utterly
    Hij liep straal aan mij voorbij. ― He walked past me obliviously.
Derived terms
  • straalbezopen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

straal

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

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