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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch ezel, from Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.
Pronunciation
Noun
esel (plural esels, diminutive eseltjie)
- donkey, ass
- Synonym: donkie
- easel (frame used by artistic painters and draughtspeople)
Derived terms
Descendants
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *asselī. Compare Breton ezel and Irish esel.
Noun
esel m (plural eseli)
- limb
- member
Hungarian
Etymology
esik + -el
Pronunciation
Verb
esel
- second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esik
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus.
Noun
ēsel m
- donkey
- fool, idiot
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus.
Noun
esel n (definite singular eselet or eslet, indefinite plural esel or esler, definite plural esla or eslene)
- a donkey or ass (a domestic or wild animal)
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus.
Noun
esel n (definite singular eselet, indefinite plural esel, definite plural esla)
- a donkey or ass