rally

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæl.i/
• Rhymes: -æli

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rally ‎(plural rallies)

1. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
2. (squash (sport), table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
3. (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.
4. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Hyponyms

• (increase in value): dead cat bounce

Translations

demonstration

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集會 (zh), 集会 (zh) ‎(jíhuì), 大會 (zh), 大会 (zh) ‎(dàhuì)

• Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi)
• Georgian: მასობრივი მიტინგი ‎(masobrivi miṭingi), მიტინგი ‎(miṭingi)
• German: Kundgebung (de) f
• Hungarian: tüntetés (hu)
• Italian: manifestazione (it) f, raduno (it) m

• Japanese: 大会 (ja) ‎(たいかい, taikai)
• Polish: wiec m
• Portuguese: manifestação (pt) f
• Russian: ми́тинг (ru) m ‎(míting)
• Spanish: concentración (es) f
• Ukrainian: мітинг m ‎(mítynh)

tennis: sequence of strokes

• Catalan: intercanvi de cops (ca) m, piloteig (ca) m
• Maori: taupatupatu

• Norwegian: ballveksling m

motor racing: event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉力賽 (zh), 拉力赛 (zh) ‎(lālìsài)

• Czech: rallye f, rally (cs) f
• Finnish: ralli (fi)
• French: rallye (fr) m, rally (fr) m
• German: Rallye (de) f
• Greek: ράλι (el) n ‎(ráli)
• Hungarian: rali (hu)

• Japanese: ラリー ‎(rarī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rally (no) n

  Nynorsk: rally n

• Polish: rajd (pl) m
• Portuguese: rali (pt) m
• Russian: ра́лли (ru) n ‎(rálli), автора́лли (ru) n ‎(avtorálli)
• Spanish: rally m

a recovery after a decline in prices

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

     The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.

   • Tillotson

     Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.

3. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
4. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Synonyms

• (gather, unite, especially troops): muster
• (increase in value): bounce back, rebound

Antonyms

• (increase in value): decline

Derived terms

• rallying point

Translations

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion

• French: rallier (fr)
• Norwegian: (mostly reflexive) regruppere (seg)

• Portuguese: reorganizar,reunir (pt)
• Spanish: reagrupar (es), reunir (es)

To come into orderly arrangement

• Dutch: verzamelen (nl)
• Finnish: kokoontua (fi)
• French: rallier (fr)

• Norwegian: samle seg, fylke seg
• Portuguese: reagrupar
• Spanish: reorganizar (es), ensamblar (es), unir (es)

To collect one's vital powers or forces

• Finnish: elpyä (fi), toipua (fi)
• Norwegian: komme seg, (idiomatic) komme til krefter
• Russian: оправля́ться (ru) ‎(opravljátʹsja), восстана́вливать си́лы ‎(vosstanávlivatʹ síly)

• Spanish: recobrarse (es), recuperarse (es), volver en sí

To recover strength after a decline in prices

• Dutch: herstellen (nl)
• Finnish: elpyä (fi), toipua (fi)

• Spanish: repuntar (es), recuperarse (es)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
   • Addison

     Honeycomb […] raillies me upon a country life.

   • Gay

     Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain / Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.

Noun

rally ‎(uncountable)

1. Good-humoured raillery.

References

• rally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Czech

Noun

rally f

1. rally (motor racing event)

Synonyms

• rallye f

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

rally m ‎(invariable)

1. rally event involving groups of people

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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.

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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.

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Portuguese

Noun

rally m (plural rallys)

1. Alternative spelling of rali

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Spanish

Noun

rally m ‎(plural rallys)

1. rally