yale
/jeɪl/
yale noun: a mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goatlike four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.
Noun
yale (plural yales)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yale
Yale
- A university in the eastern United States.
- But all this still does not rise to the level of a constitutional crisis, according to Jack Balkin, a Yale law professor who has written in depth about the term along with University of Texas professor Sanford Levinson. Democrats in Congress can go to the courts to have their subpoenas enforced...2019 May 8, Zachary B. Wolf, “How to know when it’s a constitutional crisis”, in CNN
- A romanisation scheme designed for Mandarin.
- A romanisation scheme designed for Cantonese.
- Coordinate term: Jyutping
- A romanisation scheme designed for Japanese.
- A romanisation scheme designed for Korean.
- Iâl, a commote of medieval Wales.
- A surname transferred from the place name.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yale
Yale
- A language spoken in Papua New Guinea, sometimes called Nagatman (the name of a village where it is spoken)
- A people in Papua New Guinea associated with the Yale language
yale meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yale in Hindi
- येल, याले
yale in Tamil
- யேல், யாலே
yale in Marathi
- येल, याले
yale in Urdu
- یالے, ییل
More languagesFewer languages
- yale in Bengali
- ইয়েল, ইয়ালে
- yale in Telugu
- యాలే, యేల్
- yale in Malayalam
- യാലെ
- yale in Kannada
- ಯಾಲೆ, ಯೇಲ್
- yale in Punjabi
- ਯੇਲ, ਯਾਲੇ
- yale in Gujarati
- યેલ, યાલે, યેલે
- yale in Odia
- ଯ଼େଲ୍, ଯ଼ାଲେ
- yale in Nepali
- येल, याले
Synonyms of yale
Forms of yale
| plural | yales |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eale |
Origin of yale
Possibly derived from Hebrew יָעֵל (ya'el, “mountain goat”). Compare Latin eale.
Ultimately borrowed from Welsh Iâl, from iâl (“clearing, cultivated upland”). The surname is habitational. The university is named for Elihu Yale, a notable early benefactor.
Words formed from yale
Phrases with yale
Words that rhyme with yale
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
- camail
Questions about yale
- What does yale mean?
- Yale means a mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goatlike four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.
- What is yale in Hindi?
- Yale in Hindi is येल, याले. See Yale meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yale?
- Yale can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yale?
- Yale is pronounced /jeɪl/.
- What is the plural of yale?
- The plural of yale is yales.
Words near yale in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yale (page history and authors); Yale (page history and authors); yale (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yale (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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