zèl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zel"

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ailes (“wings”). In French, the plural form ailes is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, ailes was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛl/

Noun

zèl

1. wing (of a bird, insect, aircraft)
2. fin (of fish)