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From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.

From French râle, rale, from Middle French raalle, from Old French rasle. Compare Medieval Latin rallus. Named from its harsh cry, Vulgar Latin *rasculum, from Latin rādere (“to scrape”).

From Middle English rail, reil, from Old English hræġl (“garment, dress, robe”). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, reil, Old Saxon hregil, Old High German hregil (“clothing, garment, dress”).

From Middle French railler.

Probably from Anglo-Norman raier, Middle French raier.

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: перило (perilo) — horizontal bar; railing
• Bulgarian: парапет (parapet) — horizontal bar; railing
• Catalan: barana — horizontal bar; railing
• Czech: zábradlí — horizontal bar; railing
• Dutch: rail — horizontal bar; railing
• Dutch: regel — horizontal bar; railing
• Finnish: kaide — horizontal bar; railing
• German: Geländer — horizontal bar; railing
• German: (naut.) Reling — horizontal bar; railing
• Greek: κάγκελο (kágkelo) — horizontal bar; railing
• Greek: ράγα (rága) — horizontal bar; railing
• Irish: ráille — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: parapetto — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: balaustra — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: grata — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: inferriata — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: ringhiera — horizontal bar; railing
• Italian: corrimano — horizontal bar; railing
• Japanese: 手摺 (tesuri) — horizontal bar; railing
• Japanese: 手すり (tesuri) — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: tangotango — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: kaho — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: puringa — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: huapae — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: tārawa — horizontal bar; railing
• Māori: rōau — horizontal bar; railing
• Norwegian: rekkverk — horizontal bar; railing
• Norwegian: gelender — horizontal bar; railing
• Polish: poręcz — horizontal bar; railing
• Portuguese: corrimão — horizontal bar; railing
• Portuguese: ferrovia — horizontal bar; railing
• Russian: перекла́дина (perekládina) — horizontal bar; railing
• Russian: попере́чина (poperéčina) — horizontal bar; railing
• Russian: пери́ла (períla) — horizontal bar; railing
• Russian: по́ручень (póručenʹ) — horizontal bar; railing
• Scottish Gaelic: rèile — horizontal bar; railing
• Spanish: barra — horizontal bar; railing
• Spanish: barandilla — horizontal bar; railing
• Spanish: barandal — horizontal bar; railing
• Swedish: räcke — horizontal bar; railing
• Ottoman Turkish: پرمق (parmak) — horizontal bar; railing
• Armenian: ռելս (ṙels) — metal bar
• Belarusian: рэ́йка (réjka) — metal bar
• Bulgarian: релса (relsa) — metal bar
• Catalan: carril — metal bar
• Chinese Mandarin: 軌 /轨 (guǐ) — metal bar
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐵軌 /铁轨 (tiěguǐ) — metal bar
• Czech: kolejnice — metal bar
• Czech: kolej — metal bar
• Czech: koleje — metal bar
• Danish: skinne — metal bar
• Dutch: rail — metal bar
• Esperanto: relo — metal bar
• Finnish: kisko — metal bar
• Finnish: ratakisko — metal bar
• French: rail — metal bar
• Georgian: რელსი (relsi) — metal bar
• German: Schiene — metal bar
• German: Gleis — metal bar
• Greek: ράγα (rága) — metal bar
• Hungarian: sín — metal bar
• Italian: rotaia — metal bar
• Japanese: 線路 (senro) — metal bar
• Japanese: レール (rēru) — metal bar
• Khmer: រេណបថ (reinaʼbɑɑt) — metal bar
• Korean: 선로 (seollo) — metal bar
• Korean: 레일 (reil) — metal bar
• Norwegian: skinne — metal bar
• Persian: ریل (reyl) — metal bar
• Polish: szyna — metal bar
• Portuguese: trilho — metal bar
• Portuguese: carril — metal bar
• Romanian: șină — metal bar
• Russian: рельс (relʹs) — metal bar
• Scottish Gaelic: rèile — metal bar
• Serbo-Croatian: tračnica — metal bar
• Serbo-Croatian: šina — metal bar
• Spanish: raíl — metal bar
• Spanish: riel — metal bar
• Spanish: rail — metal bar
• Swedish: skena — metal bar
• Swedish: räls — metal bar
• Thai: ราง (raang) — metal bar
• Ukrainian: ре́йка (réjka) — metal bar
• German: Kreuz — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• German: Fensterkreuz — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• German: Türkreuz — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• German: Balken — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Italian: asta divisoria — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Italian: divisorio — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Italian: barra — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Māori: rōau — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Norwegian: sprosse (i vindu) — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Norwegian: slå (for dør) — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Swedish: spröjs — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Swedish: slå — horizontal piece of wood in a door or window
• Italian: battagliola — lengthwise edges of a surfboard
• Bulgarian: дърдавец (dǎrdavec) — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Dutch: ral — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Finnish: rantakana — small bird in the family Rallidae
• French: râle — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Middle French: rale — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Middle French: rasle — small bird in the family Rallidae
• German: Ralle — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Hungarian: guvat — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Italian: rallo — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Italian: porciglione — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Japanese: 水鶏 — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Japanese: 秧鶏 (kuina) — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Latin: rallus — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Norman: râle — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Persian: یلوه (yalve) — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Russian: пастушо́к (pastušók) — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Slovene: capovoznik — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Spanish: rascón — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Swedish: rall — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Tamil: காணாங்கோழி (kāṇāṅkōḻi) — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Welsh: rhegen — small bird in the family Rallidae
• Bulgarian: пътувам с влак (pǎtuvam s vlak) — to travel by railway
• Finnish: matkustaa junalla — to travel by railway
• Finnish: reilata — to travel by railway
• Swedish: tåga — to travel by railway
• Bulgarian: ограждам (ograždam) — to enclose with rails
• Bulgarian: заграждам (zagraždam) — to enclose with rails
• Finnish: aidata — to enclose with rails
• Finnish: järjestää jonoon — to range in line
• Finnish: haukkua — to complain
• Finnish: hyökätä — to complain
• Finnish: vaahdota — to complain
• German: hetzen — to complain
• Hebrew: התלונן — to complain
• Italian: lamentarsi — to complain
• Italian: recriminare — to complain
• Italian: inveire — to complain
• Japanese: 罵る (nonoshiru) — to complain
• Japanese: ゴネる (goneru) — to complain
• Russian: руга́ть (rugátʹ) — to complain
• Swedish: skälla — to complain
• Swedish: smäda — to complain
• Swedish: raljera — to complain