pensel

English

Noun

pensel (plural pensels)

1. Obsolete form of pencel.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pensel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• plenes, spleen

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Danish

Etymology

Via German Pinsel and Old French pincel from Latin pēnicillum (“brush”), a diminutive of pēniculus, which is itself a diminutive of pēnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnˀsəl/, [ˈpʰɛnˀsl̩]

Noun

pensel c (singular definite penslen or (unofficial) penselen, plural indefinite pensler)

1. paintbrush

Inflection

Declension of pensel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pensel	penslen (unofficial) penselen	pensler	penslerne
genitive	pensels	penslens (unofficial) penselens	penslers	penslernes

References

• “pensel” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Malay

Etymology

From English pencil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pensel/

Noun

pensel (Jawi spelling ڤينسيل, plural pensel-pensel, informal 1st possessive penselku, 2nd possessive penselmu, 3rd possessive penselnya)

1. pencil

Synonyms

• potlot

Derived terms

• pensel warna
• pensel kayu

Alternative forms

• pensil (Indonesian)

Further reading

• “pensel” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Pinsel, from Old French pincel, from Latin peniculus.

Noun

pensel m (definite singular penselen, indefinite plural pensler, definite plural penslene)

1. a brush, paintbrush

Derived terms

• sminkepensel

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Pinsel, from Old French pincel, from Latin peniculus.

Noun

pensel m (definite singular penselen, indefinite plural penslar, definite plural penslane)

1. a brush, paintbrush

Derived terms

• sminkepensel

References

• “pensel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish pinzil, from German Pinsel, from Latin pēniculus. Doublet of penis. Cognate of English pencil.

Noun

pensel c

1. paintbrush

Declension

Declension of pensel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pensel	penseln	penslar	penslarna
Genitive	pensels	penselns	penslars	penslarnas

Related terms

• pensla

References

• pensel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pensel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pensel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• spelen