râle — meaning in English
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English meaning
- groan noun A low, drawn-out sound made when someone is in pain, upset, or annoyed.
- rail noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
- rale noun An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
- rattle verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.
Senses
râle is used for these senses in English:
- groan A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
- rail Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- rale (medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
groan — full definition
- noun A low, drawn-out sound made when someone is in pain, upset, or annoyed.
- verb To make this kind of low, unhappy sound.
rail — full definition
- noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
- noun Train transport considered as a system or industry.
- verb To complain loudly and bitterly (usually "rail against" or "rail at").