forel

See also: førel

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French.

Noun

forel (countable and uncountable, plural forels)

1. A kind of parchment for book covers; a forrill.

Verb

1. To bind with a forel.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “forel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Rolfe, lofer

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Forelle, from Middle High German forhel, older forhen, from Old High German forhana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːˈrɛl/, /fɔˈrɛl/

• forel:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fo‧rel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

forel m (plural forellen, diminutive forelletje n)

1. A trout, Salmo trutta.
2. One of certain fish of the subfamily Salmoninae, specifically certain members of the genera Salvelinus and Oncorhynchus.

Derived terms

• beekforel
• meerforel
• regenboogforel
• zalmforel
• zeeforel

Related terms

• voorn