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beal

/biːl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
beal
IPA
/biːl/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

Obsolete

verb

To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

verb

To bellow, roar, or shout.

British usage

name

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

name

A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).

name

An unincorporated community in Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-West Germanic *būlijā, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /biːl/
  • British English: /biːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

beals (plural) beals (present, singular) bealing (participle, present) bealed (participle, past) bealed (past) Beall (alternative)

Phrases

Beal's conjecture Beal conjecture

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce beal?
The recorded pronunciation is /biːl/.
What does beal mean?
A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
Where does beal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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