meel

See also: Meel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch meel, from Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel (uncountable)

1. flour

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: meel
• Rhymes: -eːl
• Homophone: mail

Noun

meel n (uncountable)

1. flour, meal, farina

Derived terms

• bakmeel
• glutenmeel
• griesmeel
• meeldeeg
• meeldraad
• meelworm
• meelzak
• roggemeel
• stuifmeel
• tarwemeel
• volkorenmeel
• zetmeel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meel
• Berbice Creole Dutch: meli
• Negerhollands: meel, mil
• → Lokono: meli

Further reading

• “meel” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Anagrams

• leem

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *meeli, From Proto-Finno-Permic *mäle. Cognates include Finnish mieli, Votic meeli, Northern Sami miella, Moksha мяль (mäľ) and Komi-Zyrian мыл (myl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːl]
• Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel (genitive meele, partitive meelt)

1. sense

   Viis meelt.

   The five senses.

2. emotion, feeling

   Mul on hea meel, et ma sinuga kohtusin.

   I'm glad that I met you. (lit. "I have a good feeling that I met you")

3. opinion, idea

   Me oleme samal meelel.

   We have the same opinion.

4. (generally with järgi, järele) wish, desire

   See asi pole mulle meele järgi.

   This thing isn't to my desire. (i.e "I don't like this")

5. (mostly in the locative cases) memory

   Mulle ei jää asjad meelde.

   I don't remember things. (lit. "Things don't stay into my memory.")

   Mul läks meelest ära.

   I forgot. (lit. "It went from my memory")

6. (colloquial) mind, intelligence, smarts

   Viin võtab meele meeste peast.

   Vodka takes the mind out of men.

Usage notes

All senses except for "sense" and "mind" are mostly used in a large number of various fixed phrases.

Declension

Declension of meel (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		meel	meeled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	meele
genitive			meelte
partitive		meelt	meeli
illative		meelde meelesse	meeltesse meelisse
inessive		meeles	meeltes meelis
elative		meelest	meeltest meelist
allative		meelele	meeltele meelile
adessive		meelel	meeltel meelil
ablative		meelelt	meeltelt meelilt
translative		meeleks	meelteks meeliks
terminative		meeleni	meelteni
essive		meelena	meeltena
abessive		meeleta	meelteta
comitative		meelega	meeltega

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːl]
• Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel

1. adessive singular of mesi

Further reading

• “meel”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “meel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “meel”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• meel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈme̝ːl]
• Rhymes: -eːl
• Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel

1. Alternative form of meeli

Declension

Declension of meel (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meel	meelet
genitive	meelen	meeliin, meelilöin
partitive	meeltä, meelt	meeliä, meelilöjä
illative	meelee	meelii, meelilöihe
inessive	meelees	meeliis, meelilöis
elative	meelest	meelist, meelilöist
allative	meelelle	meelille, meelilöille
adessive	meeleel	meeliil, meelilöil
ablative	meelelt	meelilt, meelilöilt
translative	meeleks	meeliks, meelilöiks
essive	meelennä, meeleen	meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin
exessive1)	meelent	meelint, meelilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈme.elːæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞lʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈme.el/, [ˈme̞.e̞l]
• Rhymes: -e.elː, -e.el
• Hyphenation: me‧el

Noun

meel

1. adessive singular of mesi

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[1], →ISBN, page 63

Somali

Noun

meel ?

1. place