bel

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See also: bel-, Bel, bél, bèl, bël, BEL, and ␇

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

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
Translations

References

  • Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

bel (plural bels)

  1. Alternative form of bael (Indian tree)

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

bel m

  1. (anatomy) waist
  2. spade

Catalan

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

  1. baa, bleat

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
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  • Hyphenation: bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bell
  2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bubble
    Synonym: bubbel
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bel

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of bellen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bellen

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

see beau

Adjective

bel

  1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound
Usage notes
  • 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.bɛl.ɔm/)
Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

  1. bel

Anagrams

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Noun

bêl m

  1. belt
  2. seatbelt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛl]
  • Hyphenation: bel

Etymology 1

From English bel.

Noun

bel

  1. bel (a unit of measurement)
Declension
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

Etymology 2

From bél.

Noun

bel

  1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)
Derived terms

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

  1. bel (measure of relative power)

Declension

declension of bel
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bel belið bel belin
accusative bel belið bel belin
dative beli belinu belum belunum
genitive bels belsins bela belanna

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. bell
    Synonym: lonceng

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Italian

Pronunciation

Adjective

bel

  1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English bell.

Noun

bel

  1. bell

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist”).

Noun

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  1. (anatomy) waist

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective

bel

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

Related terms

References

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bǿli.

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

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

Derived terms

Novial

Adjective

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  1. Shortened form of beli.

Old French

Adjective

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

  1. Alternative form of biau

Declension

Declension of bel
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject bels bele bel
Oblique bel bele bel
Plural Subject bel beles bel
Oblique bels beles bel

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bellus

Adjective

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

  1. beautiful

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

Alternative forms

  • behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun

bel

  1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. white

Inflection

 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
genitiveanim 		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

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See also

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English belly

Noun

bel

  1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
  2. underside
  3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms

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Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. waist
Declension
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

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

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. (dated) spade

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun

bel (nominative plural bels)

  1. mountain

Declension

declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel bels
genitive bela belas
dative bele beles
accusative beli belis
vocative 1 o bel! o bels!
predicative 2 belu belus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

  1. bell
  2. doorbell

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Wiyot

Adjective

bel

  1. flat, wide

References

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