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English
Noun
pel (plural pels )
( dated ) pixel
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
pel (plural pels , diminutive pellie )
Alternative spelling of pêl
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition per ( “ by means of, by way of ” ) + masculine singular article el ( “ the ” ) .
Contraction
pel m (feminine pela , neuter pelo , masculine plural pelos , feminine plural peles )
by means of the
Catalan
Pronunciation
Preposition
pel m sg (masculine plural pels )
Contraction of per el .
Further reading
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
pel m inan
pollen
powder similar to pollen
indication , trace
Declension
Declension of pel (hard masculine inanimate )
Further reading
pel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého , 1935–1957
pel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého , 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
pel
inflection of pellen :
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch vel , from Middle Dutch vel , from Old Dutch *fel , from Proto-Germanic *fellą , from Proto-Indo-European *pello- , *pelno- .
Pronunciation
Noun
pèl (plural pel -pel , first-person possessive pelku , second-person possessive pelmu , third-person possessive pelnya )
paper sheet .
Synonym: kertas
rag for mopping .
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Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Contraction
pel
( dated ) Contraction of per il .
1893 , Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale , Fratelli Treves, page 414 :Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1953 , Anna Maria Ortese, Il mare non bagna Napoli :Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
pel m (apocopated )
Apocopic form of pelo
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Central Kurdish پۆل ( pol ) , پۆلوو ( polû , “ ember ” ) , Middle Armenian պող ( poġ ) .
Noun
p’el ?
firebrand , smouldering piece of wood , charred wood, live coal ; ember
References
^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003 ) “p’el II ”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary , with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437a
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Frisian pēl , from Latin palus .
Noun
pel m (definite singular pelen , indefinite plural peler , definite plural pelene )
( construction ) a pile
Alternative forms
References
“pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Occitan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pilus .
Noun
pel m (plural pels )
hair
Etymology 2
Contraction of per lo .
Contraction
pel
for the
Old French
Etymology
From Latin pellis, pellem .
Noun
pel oblique singular , f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels , nominative singular pel , nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels )
skin
pelisse (garment made from sewing together skins)
c. 1150 , Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan , Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN , page 96 , line 877 :Unes pels fist de barbes granz he made a pelisse out of these great beards
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pāli , variant of *pāl , *pālu , borrowed from Latin pālus ( “ stake, prop ” ) , from Proto-Italic *pākslos , from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ( “ to attach ” ) . Cognates include Old English pāl and Old Dutch pāl . Doublet of pāl .
Pronunciation
Noun
pēl m
pole
Descendants
North Frisian: pil
Saterland Frisian: Peel
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 ) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Romagnol
Noun
pel m pl ( Bassa Romagna )
plural of pèla ( “ pier ” )
Romani
Alternative forms
Verb
pel
to drink
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