anel

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See also: anèl and anël

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel m (plural anels)

  1. ring

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (finger ring). Compare the inherited form elo.

Noun

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anel m (plural aneis)

  1. ring (small metal object)
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel oblique singularm (oblique plural aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative singular aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative plural anel)

  1. ring (small metal torus-shaped object)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger

Descendants

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  • Middle French: anneau
  • Walloon: anea

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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anel

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (finger ring). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.

Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: a‧nel

Noun

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anel m (plural anéis)

  1. ring (small metal object)
  2. (colloquial) asshole; anus
  3. (botany) annulus
    Synonym: ânulo
  4. (mycology) annulus
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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel m (plural anels)

  1. (Surmiran) ring