peli

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

peli f (plural pelis)

1. Clipping of pel·lícula.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

peli

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Latin pellō.

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• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: pe‧li

peli (present pelas, past pelis, future pelos, conditional pelus, volitive pelu)

1. (transitive) to drive, to propel

Conjugation of peli

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		pelas		pelis		pelos
active participle		pelanta	pelantaj	pelinta	pelintaj	pelonta	pelontaj
	acc.	pelantan	pelantajn	pelintan	pelintajn	pelontan	pelontajn
passive participle		pelata	pelataj	pelita	pelitaj	pelota	pelotaj
	acc.	pelatan	pelatajn	pelitan	pelitajn	pelotan	pelotajn
nominal active participle		pelanto	pelantoj	pelinto	pelintoj	pelonto	pelontoj
	acc.	pelanton	pelantojn	pelinton	pelintojn	pelonton	pelontojn
nominal passive participle		pelato	pelatoj	pelito	pelitoj	peloto	pelotoj
	acc.	pelaton	pelatojn	peliton	pelitojn	peloton	pelotojn
adverbial active participle		pelante		pelinte		pelonte
adverbial passive participle		pelate		pelite		pelote

infinitive		peli						imperative		pelu						conditional		pelus

• alpeli
• dispeli
• elpeli
• forpeli
• pelilo

Borrowed from Middle Low German spel, from Proto-West Germanic *spil, Doublet of pila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/,
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧li

peli

1. game (activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment)
2. (sports) match, game; (tennis) game
3. (especially in compounds) tool, means, implement, vehicle

   ajopeli, kulkupeli, ankkuripeli ― (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; anchor windlass

4. (slang) wheels (automobile)

   Kiva peli!

   Nice wheels!

• “peli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Borrowed from Danish pægl (“half pint”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːlɪ

peli m (genitive singular pela, nominative plural pelar)

1. feeder, feeding bottle, baby's bottle

   Synonym: barnapeli

2. flask, small bottle

   Synonym: lítil flaska

3. quarter of a litre

   Synonym: fjórðungur lítra

   Nennirðu að kaupa pela af rjóma?

   Could you buy a quarter of dairy cream?

• barnapeli
• barnspeli
• brennivínspeli
• drekka úr pela, drekka úr pelanum
• ferðapeli
• fjallpeli
• gefa barni pela
• koníakspeli
• mjólkurpeli
• nestispeli
• réttapeli
• réttarpeli
• rjómapeli
• sjúga pelann
• totta pelann
• pela-
• pelabarn
• vasapeli

Ultimately from Middle Low German spel, probably via Finnish peli.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/,
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: pe‧li

peli

1. game
2. difficult task

• (game): tiukku

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 396

peli m

1. plural of pelo

peli

1. inflection of pelare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• pile, plié

From Portuguese pele.

peli

1. skin

peli f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of pele

peli

1. (anatomy) cheek

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification: pe‧li

peli f (plural pelis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of película, movie (US, Canada), film

• “peli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10