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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
rafel m (plural rafels)
- piper gurnard
- Synonyms: garneu, rafelet, ase, clau, lluerna garneua, cutxo
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology 1
Unknown. English ravel is believed to be a borrowing from Dutch.
Noun
rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)
- frayed thread
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French rafle (“a type game played with three dice”), from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game, plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Old High German *raffalon, a frequentative of *raffon (modern German raffen). Related to rapen.
Noun
rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)
- (archaic) type of game played with three dice
- (archaic) a throw of three dice