noun
Meaning 1
In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
kraal
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Sound
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UK, US: /kɹɑːl/
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UK, US: /kɹɔːl/
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homophone: crawl
noun
Meaning 2
In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
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noun
Meaning 3
An enclosure for livestock.
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verb
Meaning 4
To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a pen for livestock in southern Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pen
noun
Meaning 6
a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: village, hamlet
History
Etymology
From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: kraal — rural African community
- Georgian: კრაალი (ḳraali) — rural African community
- Swedish: kraal — rural African community
- Georgian: კრაალი (ḳraali) — rural African village of huts surrounded by a stockade
- Swedish: kraal — rural African village of huts surrounded by a stockade
- Afrikaans: kraal — enclosure for livestock
- Dutch: kraal — enclosure for livestock
- Georgian: კრაალი (ḳraali) — enclosure for livestock
- Swedish: kraal — enclosure for livestock