kraal

== English == === Etymology === From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kɹɑːl/, /kɹɔːl/ Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɔːl Homophone: crawl === Noun === kraal (plural kraals) In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. An enclosure for livestock. ==== Synonyms ==== (livestock enclosure): corral, pen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== boma (East African) crawl (Jamaican English) Corral (Spanish) === Verb === kraal (third-person singular simple present kraals, present participle kraaling, simple past and past participle kraaled) (transitive) To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade. ==== Synonyms ==== (to enclose livestock): corral ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === kalar, Kalra, Larak, Karla == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɑːl/ === Noun === kraal (plural krale) A kraal, corral: enclosure for livestock == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kraːl/ Hyphenation: kraal Rhymes: -aːl === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch crael, syncopic form of corael. See koraal, from the same ultimate source. ==== Noun ==== kraal f (plural kralen, diminutive kraaltje n) a bead (of a necklace or abacus) several similarly spheric objects ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Sranan Tongo: krara, krala → Aukan: kaala → Lokono: korara → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kalala, kralu === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== kraal n (plural kralen, diminutive kraaltje n) obsolete form of koraal ===== Derived terms ===== zeekraal === Etymology 3 === From Portuguese curral. ==== Noun ==== kraal f (plural kralen, diminutive kraaltje n) a kraal, corral (enclosure for livestock) ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: kraal === Anagrams === klaar