bel

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

bel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian.

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun[edit]

bel (plural bels)

  1. A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  • Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bel (plural bels)

  1. Alternative form of bael (Indian tree)

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, waist; spade) (Turkish bel).

Noun[edit]

bel m

  1. (anatomy) waist

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, spade), from Persian بیل (bil, spade).

Noun[edit]

bel m

  1. spade

Aragonese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bellus (pretty). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: bel

Adjective[edit]

bel m

  1. strange (in certain expressions)

Determiner[edit]

bel m

  1. any, anyone

References[edit]

  • Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.

Azerbaijani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun[edit]

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. (anatomy) back of the body
    Synonyms: dal, arxa
    Belim ağrıyır.My back hurts.
    uşaqlığı at belində keçən adama person whose childhood has passed on the back of a horse.
  2. (anatomy) small of the back
  3. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: miyan
  4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian بیل (bil, spade).

Noun[edit]

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. spade

Declension[edit]

    Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel
bellr
definite accusative beln
bellr
dative bely
bellr
locative beld
bellrd
ablative beldn
bellrdn
definite genitive belnn
bellrn
    Possessive forms of bel
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) belm bellrm
sənin (your) beln bellrn
onun (his/her/its) bels bellr
bizim (our) belmz bellrmz
sizin (your) belnz bellrnz
onların (their) bels or bellr bellr
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) belm bellrm
sənin (your) beln bellrn
onun (his/her/its) belsn bellrn
bizim (our) belmz bellrmz
sizin (your) belnz bellrnz
onların (their) belsn or bellrn bellrn
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) belm bellrm
sənin (your) beln bellrn
onun (his/her/its) belsn bellrn
bizim (our) belmz bellrmz
sizin (your) belnz bellrnz
onların (their) belsn or bellrn bellrn
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) belmd bellrmd
sənin (your) belnd bellrnd
onun (his/her/its) belsnd bellrnd
bizim (our) belmzd bellrmzd
sizin (your) belnzd bellrnzd
onların (their) belsnd or bellrnd bellrnd
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) belmdn bellrmdn
sənin (your) belndn bellrndn
onun (his/her/its) belsndn bellrndn
bizim (our) belmzdn bellrmzdn
sizin (your) belnzdn bellrnzdn
onların (their) belsndn or bellrndn bellrndn
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) belmn bellrmn
sənin (your) belnn bellrnn
onun (his/her/its) belsnn bellrnn
bizim (our) belmzn bellrmzn
sizin (your) belnzn bellrnzn
onların (their) belsnn or bellrnn bellrnn

Further reading[edit]

  • bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English bell.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. bell

Etymology 2[edit]

From English belly.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. belly

Etymology 3[edit]

From English bale.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. bale

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from belar (to bleat).

Noun[edit]

bel m (plural bels)

  1. baa, bleat
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (physics, acoustics) bel

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bell
  2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Caribbean Javanese: bèl
  • Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably a variant of bal (ball, round convex object)

Noun[edit]

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bubble
    Synonym: bubbel
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

bel

  1. inflection of bellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

see beau

Adjective[edit]

bel

  1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound
Usage notes[edit]
  • used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ̃ bɛ.l‿ɔm/)
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun[edit]

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity)
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bêl m

  1. belt
  2. seatbelt

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English bel.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. bel (a unit of measurement)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bel belek
accusative belt beleket
dative belnek beleknek
instrumental bellel belekkel
causal-final belért belekért
translative bellé belekké
terminative belig belekig
essive-formal belként belekként
essive-modal
inessive belben belekben
superessive belen beleken
adessive belnél beleknél
illative belbe belekbe
sublative belre belekre
allative belhez belekhez
elative belből belekből
delative belről belekről
ablative beltől belektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
belé beleké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
beléi belekéi
Possessive forms of bel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. belem beleim
2nd person sing. beled beleid
3rd person sing. bele belei
1st person plural belünk beleink
2nd person plural beletek beleitek
3rd person plural belük beleik
Derived terms[edit]
Compound words

Etymology 2[edit]

From bél.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)
Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bel and bel- in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

  1. bel (measure of relative power)

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch bel (bell), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Hyphenation: bèl

Noun[edit]

bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. bell
    Synonym: lonceng

Verb[edit]

bèl

  1. (colloquial) To make phone call.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bel (meng-, intransitive)
Root bel
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active mengebel dibel bel bellah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 mengebelkan dibelkan belkan belkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • Hyphenation: bêl

Noun[edit]

bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. (physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bel

  1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Karaim[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k).

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. thigh, waist

References[edit]

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bel”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, waist).

Noun[edit]

bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביל)

  1. (anatomy) waist

Maguindanao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. smoke

Maranao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. smoke

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective[edit]

bel

  1. Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
  2. Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun[edit]

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
  2. (Jersey) farmyard

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun[edit]

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

  1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse bil.

Noun[edit]

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

  1. moment, instant
  2. gap, space

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

  1. graceful, elegant, courteous
  2. noble
  3. (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
    • late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
      Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
      Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land
  4. handsome; beautiful

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bellus.

Adjective[edit]

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

  1. beautiful

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun[edit]

bel m inan (abbreviation B)

  1. bel
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

bel f

  1. genitive plural of bela

Further reading[edit]

  • bel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References[edit]

  • Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bȇl (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̑л)

  1. Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (white surface or stain).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)

  1. white

Inflection[edit]

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. bél béla bélo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bél ind
béli def
béla bélo
genitive bélega béle bélega
dative bélemu béli bélemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
bélo bélo
locative bélem béli bélem
instrumental bélim bélo bélim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative béla béli béli
genitive bélih bélih bélih
dative bélima bélima bélima
accusative béla béli béli
locative bélih bélih bélih
instrumental bélima bélima bélima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative béli béle béla
genitive bélih bélih bélih
dative bélim bélim bélim
accusative béle béle béla
locative bélih bélih bélih
instrumental bélimi bélimi bélimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also[edit]

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)
     bela      siva      črna
             rdeča; škrlatna              oranžna; rjava              rumena; krem
             svetlozelena, limeta              zelena             
             sinja, cian; turkizna              azurna              modra
             vijolična; indigo              magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila              roza, rožnata

Further reading[edit]

  • bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English belly.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
  2. underside
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:
      Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.
      →New International Version translation
  3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, waist, loins), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (waist). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /⁠bél⁠/, waist).

Noun[edit]

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. waist
Declension[edit]
Inflection
Nominative bel
Definite accusative beli
Singular Plural
Nominative bel beller
Definite accusative beli belleri
Dative bele bellere
Locative belde bellerde
Ablative belden bellerden
Genitive belin bellerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular belim bellerim
2nd singular belin bellerin
3rd singular beli belleri
1st plural belimiz bellerimiz
2nd plural beliniz belleriniz
3rd plural belleri belleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimi bellerimi
2nd singular belini bellerini
3rd singular belini bellerini
1st plural belimizi bellerimizi
2nd plural belinizi bellerinizi
3rd plural bellerini bellerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular belime bellerime
2nd singular beline bellerine
3rd singular beline bellerine
1st plural belimize bellerimize
2nd plural belinize bellerinize
3rd plural bellerine bellerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimde bellerimde
2nd singular belinde bellerinde
3rd singular belinde bellerinde
1st plural belimizde bellerimizde
2nd plural belinizde bellerinizde
3rd plural bellerinde bellerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimden bellerimden
2nd singular belinden bellerinden
3rd singular belinden bellerinden
1st plural belimizden bellerimizden
2nd plural belinizden bellerinizden
3rd plural bellerinden bellerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular belimin bellerimin
2nd singular belinin bellerinin
3rd singular belinin bellerinin
1st plural belimizin bellerimizin
2nd plural belinizin bellerinizin
3rd plural bellerinin bellerinin

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, spade), variant of بیل (bil), from Persian بیل (bil, spade).

Noun[edit]

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. (dated) spade

References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bel.

Noun[edit]

bel

  1. mark, sign
Derived terms[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Noun[edit]

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. archaic and dialectal form of pil (shovel, spade)

Declension[edit]

Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic бел (bel)
Latin bel
Perso-Arabic
Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (waist).

Noun[edit]

bel (plural bellar)

  1. waistline
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian بیل (bêl, spade).

Noun[edit]

bel (plural bellar)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun[edit]

bel (nominative plural bels)

  1. mountain

Declension[edit]

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

  1. bell
  2. doorbell

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bel

  1. flat, wide

References[edit]

  • Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988