pels

See also: pèls and pels'

English

Noun

pels

1. plural of pel

Anagrams

• LEPs, LPEs, PSLE, leps

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pels, from Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

Noun

pels (plural pelse, diminutive pelsie)

1. A fur, the fur coat of certain mammals.

Derived terms

• pelsrob

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəls/
• IPA^(key): /pels/

Preposition

pels

1. Contraction of per els.

See also

• pel

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Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse pilz, via Middle Low German pels, from Medieval Latin pellicea, from Latin pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/, [pʰɛlˀs]

Noun

pels c (singular definite pelsen, plural indefinite pelse)

1. A fur, coat
2. A fur coat.

Declension

Declension of pels

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pels	pelsen	pelse	pelsene
genitive	pels'	pelsens	pelses	pelsenes

References

• “pels” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pels
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Noun

pels m (plural pelzen, diminutive pelsje n)

1. A fur, the fur coat of certain mammals.

Synonyms

• vacht

Derived terms

• pelsdier
• pelshandel
• pelsjager
• pelsmantel
• pelsmuts
• pelsrob
• pelswerk

- fur types

• berenpels
• winterpels
• zomerpels

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pels

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Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pellis (“pelt, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛls/
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Noun

pels m (genitive singular pels, nominative plural pelsar)

1. A fur coat.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz, see Latin pelle.

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelser, definite plural pelsene)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat .

Derived terms

Terms derived from pels

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels

• pelshandel
• pelsverk

• vinterpels

References

• “pels” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pels” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz.

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelsar, definite plural pelsane)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat .

Derived terms

Terms derived from pels

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels

• pelshandel
• pelsverk

• vinterpels

References

• “pels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien):

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Contraction

pels

1. Contraction of per los.

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Swedish

Noun

pels c

1. Obsolete spelling of päls.

Anagrams

• spel