appel

See also appèl

English

Noun

appel (plural appels)

1. (fencing) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.

Hypernyms

• (fencing): feint

Verb

appel (third-person singular simple present appels, present participle appeling, simple past and past participle appeled)

1. Obsolete spelling of appeal.

Anagrams

• apple, Apple

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch appel.

Noun

appel (plural appels, diminutive appeltjie, diminutive plural appeltjies)

1. apple

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *appel, *appul, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz. Compare West Frisian apel, English apple, German apfel.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /ˈɑpəɫ/

Noun

Appel
Apple

appel m (plural appels or appelen, diminutive appeltje)

1. apple

Derived terms

appelboom appelmoes appelsap appeltaart granaatappel sinaasappel twistappel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑˈpɛɫ/

Noun

appél, appel n (plural appels, diminutive appelletje)

1. appeal

   Christen Democratisch Appèl — Christian Democratic Appeal (the name of a Netherlandish political party)

Anagrams

• lappe

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.pɛl/, X-SAMPA: /a.pEl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: appelle, appellent, appelles, appels

Noun

appel m (plural appels)

1. call
2. appeal

Related terms

• appelant
• appeler

Anagrams

• palpe, palpé

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• appul
• apl

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aplaz. Compare Old Frisian appel, Old English æppel, Old High German apful.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.pel/, X-SAMPA: /"a.pel/

Noun

appel m (plural appela)

1. apple

Descendants

• Low German: Appel