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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French appel . Doublet of appeal .
Noun
appel (plural appels )
( fencing ) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten , distract , or mislead one's opponent .
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Verb
appel (third-person singular simple present appels , present participle appelling , simple past and past participle appelled )
Obsolete spelling of appeal
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
appel (plural appels )
Obsolete spelling of apple
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch appel , from Middle Dutch appel , from Old Dutch appel , from Proto-Germanic *aplaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl .
Pronunciation
Noun
appel (plural appels , diminutive appeltjie )
apple
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Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch appel , from Old Dutch appel , from Proto-West Germanic *applu , from Proto-Germanic *aplaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl .
Pronunciation
Noun
Appel Apple
appel m (plural appels or appelen , diminutive appeltje n )
apple , Malus domestica
Synonym: ijsappel ( Suriname )
( Suriname ) wax apple , Syzygium samarangense
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Descendants
Afrikaans: appel
Berbice Creole Dutch: apl
Jersey Dutch: āpel
Negerhollands: apl
→ Loup A: abel
→ Mahican: ápenes ( from the plural form )
→ Malay: apel ( Indonesian )
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch appeel , from Old French apel .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɑˈpɛl/
Hyphenation: ap‧pel
Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
appel n (plural appels , diminutive appelletje n )
appeal ( act of imploring or exhorting; a discourse wherein this is done )
Christen Democratisch Appèl — Christian Democratic Appeal (the name of a Dutch political party: old spelling with the accent on the -e-)
( law ) appeal ( application for legal review and overturning )
( military ) roll call ( muster of troops at which names are read out, to see if all are present )
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French
Etymology
See the verb appeler ( “ to call (out) ” )
Pronunciation
Noun
appel m (plural appels )
call
appeal
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Further reading
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Limburgish
Noun
appel m
Veldeke spelling spelling of Ape̩l
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch appel , from Proto-West Germanic *applu , from Proto-Germanic *aplaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl .
Noun
appel m
apple
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Alternative forms
Descendants
Dutch: appel (see there for further descendants )
Limburgish: appel
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
apple , appyl , appyll , appil , appill , appell , eppel , appul , appull , appulle , eappel
æppel , æpple , eappel ( Early Middle English )
Etymology
From Old English æppel , from Proto-West Germanic *applu , from Proto-Germanic *aplaz , from *h₂bl- , the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl .
Pronunciation
Noun
appel (plural apples or ( rare ) applen )
fruit , nut
apple ( fruit of Malus domestica ) .
ball ; spheroid
Derived terms
Descendants
English: apple (see there for further descendants )
Scots: aipple
References
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *applu . Compare Old English æppel .
Noun
appel m
apple
Descendants
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *applu . Compare Old Frisian appel , Old English æppel , Old High German apful .
Pronunciation
Noun
appel m
apple
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Middle Low German: appel
German Low German: Appel → German: Appel ( colloquial, regional )
Plautdietsch: Aupel
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian appel , from Proto-West Germanic *applu , from Proto-Germanic *aplaz .
Pronunciation
Noun
appel c (plural appels , diminutive appeltsje )
apple
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Further reading
“appel ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011