🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

hurlement

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hurlement

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Howl/haʊl/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"On a entendu le hurlement du loup dans la nuit."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A long, loud, mournful cry uttered by an animal such as a dog or wolf.

    "The lonely howl of a wolf echoed through the forest."
As verb
  1. 1

    (Of a wolf or dog) utter a long, loud, mournful cry.

    "The stray dogs began to howl at the moon."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'howl' originates from Middle English 'houl', which is derived from Old English 'hūlan', meaning to cry out or yell. Its usage has evolved over centuries to describe the vocalization of wolves and other animals, as well as expressing deep emotional distress in humans.

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