kraal

kraal

C0730600 (krôl, kräl)n. South African 1. A rural village, typically consisting of huts surrounded by a stockade.2. An enclosure for livestock.

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[Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral, pen, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *currāle, enclosure for carts; see corral.]

kraal

(krɑːl) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a hut village in southern Africa, esp one surrounded by a stockade2. (Agriculture) an enclosure for livestockadj (Anthropology & Ethnology) denoting or relating to the tribal aspects of the Black African way of lifevb (Agriculture) (tr) to enclose (livestock) in a kraal[C18: from Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen; see corral]

kraal

(krɑl)
n. 1. an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in S Africa. 2. a. a village of the native peoples of South Africa. b. such a village as a social unit. 3. an enclosure where wild animals are exhibited, as in a zoo. v.t. 4. to shut up in a kraal, as cattle. [1725–35; < Afrikaans]

kraal

Past participle: kraaled
Gerund: kraaling

Imperative
kraal
kraal

Present
I kraal
you kraal
he/she/it kraals
we kraal
you kraal
they kraal

Preterite
I kraaled
you kraaled
he/she/it kraaled
we kraaled
you kraaled
they kraaled

Present Continuous
I am kraaling
you are kraaling
he/she/it is kraaling
we are kraaling
you are kraaling
they are kraaling

Present Perfect
I have kraaled
you have kraaled
he/she/it has kraaled
we have kraaled
you have kraaled
they have kraaled

Past Continuous
I was kraaling
you were kraaling
he/she/it was kraaling
we were kraaling
you were kraaling
they were kraaling

Past Perfect
I had kraaled
you had kraaled
he/she/it had kraaled
we had kraaled
you had kraaled
they had kraaled

Future
I will kraal
you will kraal
he/she/it will kraal
we will kraal
you will kraal
they will kraal

Future Perfect
I will have kraaled
you will have kraaled
he/she/it will have kraaled
we will have kraaled
you will have kraaled
they will have kraaled

Future Continuous
I will be kraaling
you will be kraaling
he/she/it will be kraaling
we will be kraaling
you will be kraaling
they will be kraaling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been kraaling
you have been kraaling
he/she/it has been kraaling
we have been kraaling
you have been kraaling
they have been kraaling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been kraaling
you will have been kraaling
he/she/it will have been kraaling
we will have been kraaling
you will have been kraaling
they will have been kraaling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been kraaling
you had been kraaling
he/she/it had been kraaling
we had been kraaling
you had been kraaling
they had been kraaling

Conditional
I would kraal
you would kraal
he/she/it would kraal
we would kraal
you would kraal
they would kraal

Past Conditional
I would have kraaled
you would have kraaled
he/she/it would have kraaled
we would have kraaled
you would have kraaled
they would have kraaled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kraal - a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockadevillage, hamlet - a settlement smaller than a town
	2.	kraal - a pen for livestock in southern Africapen - an enclosure for confining livestock

Translations

villaggio