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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.ŋəl/
- Hyphenation: cin‧gel
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cingulum.
Noun
cingel m (plural cingels, diminutive cingeltje n)
- a cincture (a part of the priestly vestments)
1887, Catalogus der geschenken welke door Nederlandsche katholieken aan Z.H. Paus Leo bij zijn Gouden Priesterfeest zullen worden aangeboden, page 40:
- 1896, John Henry Newman (translated by n.n.), Callista of het Christelijk Afrika in de derde eeuw, M. Waterreus, page 262:
Evenals tegenwoordig werd dit om het middel opgehouden door een koord of cingel.- As at the present day, it was confined round the waist by a zone or girdle.
- 1989, Maria Blom-Blokland, Geschiedenis van de Sint-Vitus aan het Melkpad. 1889-1989, Uitgeverij Verloren (publ.), page 137.
Deze wordt bijeengehouden met een gordel, de cingel, die de vorm heeft van een lang koord.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cingel m (plural cingels, diminutive cingeltje n)
- Obsolete spelling of singel (“canal surrounding a settlement”).