hele
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
hele
Etymology 2
From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”). Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”). More at heal.
Verb
hele (third-person singular simple present heles, present participle heling, simple past hole or heled, past participle holen or heled)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To hide or conceal; keep secret; cover.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- 1893, Robert Steele, Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus[1], Online edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2004:
- … the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cover with or in (slates, tiles, etc.); roof.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To practise concealment; keep a secret; keep silence.
References
- Rituals of the Freemasons
- Notes on Hele
Anagrams
Danish
Adjective
hele
- plural and definite singular attributive of hel
Verb
hele (imperative hel, infinitive at hele, present tense heler, past tense helede, perfect tense er helet)
- (intransitive) heal
- Såret er helet.
- The wound has healed.
- Såret er helet.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From heel, by analogy with the inflection of adjectives that follow.
Adverb
hele
- Alternative form of heel
- 2018 25 June, Carolien Roelants, “Goed nieuws uit Jemen plus wat Hollandse kortzichtigheid”, nrc.nl:
- Hele goede, hele dure koffie, met name bestemd voor de Aziatische markt, want Europa is „gevoeliger voor de prijs”, zegt hij elegant.
- Very good, very expensive coffee, especially destined for the Asiatic market, for “Europe is more sensitive to the price”, he says elegantly.
- Hele goede, hele dure koffie, met name bestemd voor de Aziatische markt, want Europa is „gevoeliger voor de prijs”, zegt hij elegant.
- 2018 25 June, Carolien Roelants, “Goed nieuws uit Jemen plus wat Hollandse kortzichtigheid”, nrc.nl:
Usage notes
See the usage notes at the main entry.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
hele
Verb
hele
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
hele
Estonian
Etymology
Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish heleä.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hele (genitive heleda, partitive heledat, comparative heledam, superlative kõige heledam)
- light
- heledad juuksed — light hair
- helesinine — light blue
- high-pitched, high (of tone)
- Heleda häälega neiu.
- A girl with a high voice.
Declension
Declension of hele (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | hele | heledad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | heleda | ||
genitive | heledate | ||
partitive | heledat | heledaid | |
illative | heledasse | heledatesse heledaisse | |
inessive | heledas | heledates heledais | |
elative | heledast | heledatest heledaist | |
allative | heledale | heledatele heledaile | |
adessive | heledal | heledatel heledail | |
ablative | heledalt | heledatelt heledailt | |
translative | heledaks | heledateks heledaiks | |
terminative | heledani | heledateni | |
essive | heledana | heledatena | |
abessive | heledata | heledateta | |
comitative | heledaga | heledatega |
Finnish
Etymology
< helistä
Pronunciation
Noun
hele
Declension
Inflection of hele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hele | heleet | ||
genitive | heleen | heleiden heleitten | ||
partitive | helettä | heleitä | ||
illative | heleeseen | heleisiin heleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hele | heleet | ||
accusative | nom. | hele | heleet | |
gen. | heleen | |||
genitive | heleen | heleiden heleitten | ||
partitive | helettä | heleitä | ||
inessive | heleessä | heleissä | ||
elative | heleestä | heleistä | ||
illative | heleeseen | heleisiin heleihin | ||
adessive | heleellä | heleillä | ||
ablative | heleeltä | heleiltä | ||
allative | heleelle | heleille | ||
essive | heleenä | heleinä | ||
translative | heleeksi | heleiksi | ||
abessive | heleettä | heleittä | ||
instructive | — | helein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele and Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sele.
Pronunciation
Verb
hele
References
- Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert
Middle English
Noun
hele
- Alternative form of ele
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
hele
Etymology 2
From the adjective hel
Noun
hele n (indeclinable) (uncountable)
- a whole
Etymology 3
Verb
hele (imperative hel, present tense heler, simple past and past participle hela or helet, present participle helende)
- to heal
Etymology 4
From Middle Low German helen
Verb
hele (imperative hel, present tense heler, simple past hela or helet or helte, past participle hela or helet or helt, present participle helende)
References
- “hele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
hele
Turkish
Etymology
From Persian هله (hala, “pay attention!”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hele
- especially
- Hayvanları seviyorum, hele iki kedileri. ― I like the animals, especially the two cats.
- (when modifying a verb in the imperative mood) just
- Hele hayır de! ― Just say no!
- at least
- Hele on bin lira değerdir. ― It is at least ten thousand lira worth.
- finally
- Can, hele ehliyet sınavını geçmiş. ― Can finally passed his driver’s exam.
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- (especially): özellikle
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