straal

From Dutch straal.

• IPA^(key): /strɑːl/

straal (plural strale)

1. ray, beam

• IPA^(key): /straːl/

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• Hyphenation: straal
• Rhymes: -aːl

From Middle Dutch strâel, strâle, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu.

straal m or f (plural stralen, diminutive straaltje n)

1. ray (a beam of light or radiation)
2. a thin stream of liquid, a jet
3. (geometry) radius
4. stinger
5. (equids) frog (organ in the hoof)

• Afrikaans: straal
• → Papiamentu: stral, straal

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straal

1. obliviously, to the point of oblivion, utterly

   Hij liep straal aan mij voorbij. ― He walked past me obliviously.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

straal

1. inflection of stralen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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