rally

English Online Dictionary. What means rally‎? What does rally mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæli/
• Rhymes: -æli
• Hyphenation: ral‧ly

Etymology 1

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

Noun

rally (plural rallies)

1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

3. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
4. (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
5. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

Hyponyms

• (increase in value): dead cat bounce

Translations

Verb

rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)

1. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

   Synonym: muster

2. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

   Synonym: unite
3. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

   Synonym: recuperate
4. (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc.) To recover strength after a decline in prices.

   Synonyms: bounce back, rebound

   Antonym: decline

Derived terms

• rally round the flag
• rallying point

Translations

Etymology 2

From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).

Verb

rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)

1. (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

Noun

rally (uncountable)

1. Good-humoured raillery.

References

• “rally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ryall

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rally, from English rally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rali/, [ra.li]

Noun

rally inan

1. (motor racing) rally

Declension

Further reading

• "rally" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛlɪ]

Noun

rally f (indeclinable)

1. rally (motor racing event)

   Synonym: rallye f

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛl.li/, /relˈli/^**
• Rhymes: -ɛlli, -i

Noun

rally m (invariable)

1. rally event involving groups of people

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English rally.

Noun

rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally or rallyer, definite plural rallya or rallyene)

1. a rally (e.g. in motor sport)

References

• “rally” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English rally.

Noun

rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally, definite plural rallya)

1. a rally (e.g. in motor sport)

References

• “rally” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

rally m (plural rallys)

1. Alternative spelling of rali

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrali/ [ˈra.li]
• Rhymes: -ali

Noun

rally m (plural rallys)

1. (motor racing) rally

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “rally”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

rally n

1. (motor racing) rally

Declension

References

• rally in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rally in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rally in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)