felt
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-Germanic *feltaz (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”) (adj.), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.
Noun
felt (countable and uncountable, plural felts)
- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:
- It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:
- A hat made of felt.
- (obsolete) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
- To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
Related terms
- felt grain: the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. — Knight
- felt-tip pen
- coated felt sheet
- saturated felt
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Verb
felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)
- (transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.
- to felt the cylinder of a steam engine
- (transitive, poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.
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Etymology 2
Old English fēled, corresponding to feel + -ed.
Verb
felt
- simple past and past participle of feel
Adjective
felt (comparative more felt, superlative most felt)
- That has been experienced or perceived.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
- Conversions to Islam can therefore be a deeply felt aesthetic experience that rarely occurs in Christian accounts of conversion, which are generally the source rather than the result of a Christian experience of beauty.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German velt, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”).
Gender changed by influence from mark.
Noun
felt c (singular definite felten, not used in plural form)
- field (the practical part of something)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From German Feld, from Old High German feld, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”).
Noun
felt n (singular definite feltet, plural indefinite felter)
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “felt” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “felt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English felt, from Proto-Germanic *feltaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
felt (plural feltes)
- Felted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt.
- A piece of headgear made from felted fabric; a felt hat.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “felt (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt or felter, definite plural felta or feltene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German velt
Noun
felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable)
- field (in the military sense)
Derived terms
- feltarbeid (from English)
- feltprest
- feltrasjon
- felttog
Etymology 3
Verb
felt
- past participle of felle
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt, definite plural felta)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German velt
Noun
felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable)
- field (in the military sense)
Derived terms
- feltarbeid (from English)
- feltprest
- feltrasjon
- felttog
Etymology 3
Verb
felt
- past participle of fella
References
- “felt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *felþą.
Noun
felt n
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “felt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *feltaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
felt m
Declension
Descendants
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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- Fäll var ä felt
- Certainly it was necessary.
- Hä jär int na felt om hä
- There is no hurry therewith.
- Fäll var ä felt
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