weal

weal ¹  (wl)

n.

1. Prosperity; happiness: in weal and woe.

2. The welfare of the community; the general good: the public weal.

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[Middle English wele, from Old English wela; see wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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weal ²  (wl)

n.

A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.

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[Alteration (influenced by wheal) of wale.]

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weal¹

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a raised mark on the surface of the body produced by a blow Also called wale welt wheal

[variant of wale¹, influenced in form by wheal]

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weal²

n

1. Archaic prosperity or wellbeing (now esp in the phrases the public weal, the common weal)

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Obsolete the state

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Obsolete wealth

[Old English wela; related to Old Saxon welo, Old High German wolo]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions wale, welt, wheal harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

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weal

noun mark, scar, welt, ridge, streak, stripe, wheal, wale, contusion the red weals left across his chest by the whip

Translations

weal¹ [wiːl] N (esp Brit) (= wound) → verdugón m

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weal² (archaic) [wiːl] N (= well-being) → bienestar m
the common weal → el bien común

weal [ˈwiːl] n (British) (= welt) → marque f

weal¹

n (liter) → Wohl nt; the common/public weal → das allgemeine/öffentliche Wohl, das Allgemeinwohl; weal and woe → Wohl und Wehe nt

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weal²

n (= welt) → Striemen m

weal [wiːl] n (welt) → piaga

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weal [wiːl] n (welt) → piaga