jowl

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: joul, IPA: /dʒaʊl/, SAMPA: /dZaUl/

  Rhymes: -aʊl

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English chawl, chavell (“‘jaw’”) from Old English ceafl (“‘jaw’”) from Proto-Gmc *kaflaz. Akin to O.E. ceaft "jaw", Old Norse kjaptr (“‘jaw, chops’”) ( > Danish kæft), Flem. kavel, Dutch kevel "gums", German Kiefer (“‘jaw’”). More at jaw, chap, chop

[edit] Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

1. the cheek; the jaw.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English cholle (“‘fold of flesh hanging beneath the jaw’”) from Old English ceole (“‘throat’”). Akin to German Kehle (“‘throat’”), Latin gula (“‘throat’”), Sanskrit गल (gula), “‘throat, neck’”), Persian گلو (galû), Kurdish گه‌لوو (gelú), Ossetian хъуыр (“‘throat’”).

[edit] Noun

jowl (plural jowls)

1. a fold of fatty flesh under the chin

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[edit] Derived terms

• jowly
• cheek and jowl
• tooth-to-jowl