carl

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl. ==== Pronunciation ==== (England) IPA(key): /kɑːl/ (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹl̩/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kɑrəl/ Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɑɹl̩ ==== Noun ==== carl (plural carls) A rude, rustic man; a churl. Synonyms: hick, hob; see also Thesaurus:country bumpkin (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard. Synonyms: skinflint, tightwad; see also Thesaurus:miser ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. ==== Alternative forms ==== carle ==== Verb ==== carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled) (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly. , New York 2001, p.210: […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […] === See also === === Anagrams === ACLR, CRLA == Middle English == === Alternative forms === carle, carll, karl, karle caryle (Catholicon Anglicum) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English *carl, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz; thus a doublet of cherl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /karl/, (Northern also) /kaːrl/ === Noun === carl (plural carles) A male person (usually in the following senses, especially as a term of address): A serf or peasant; a feudal tenant farmer. A servant or bondsman; one who serves a noble. A rustic or wretch; an ignorant or worthless person. ==== Descendants ==== English: carl Middle Scots: carle, cairle Scots: carl, cairl ==== References ==== == Old English == === Etymology === From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (“man”), Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal. Doublet of ċeorl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑrl/, [kɑrˠl] === Noun === carl m a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society) (by extension) a man (by extension, in compounds) a male ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ====