pèl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pel"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpəl]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpɛl]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

pèl m (plural pèls)

1. hair
2. (figurative) bit, dash (small amount)

   Li falta un pèl de sal, a la truita. ― The omelet lacks a bit of salt.

Derived terms

• a pèl
• al pèl
• contrapel
• pèl caní
• pèl-roig
• pelatge
• prendre el pèl
• repel

See also

• cabell

Further reading

• “pèl”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pèl”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pèl” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pèl”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːl/

Etymology 1

From Latin pellis.

Noun

pèl f (plural pèl)

1. skin

Etymology 2

From Latin palus.

Noun

pèl m (plural pèl)

1. pole, stake

References

Lepri, Luigi; Vitali, Daniele (2002), “pèl”, in Dizionario Bolognese-Italiano, Italiano-Bolognese. Dizionèri Bulgnaiṡ-Itagliàn, Itagliàn-Bulgnaiṡ, 2nd edition, Bologna: Pendragon, →ISBN

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛl/

Etymology 1

From French perle.

Noun

pèl

1. pearl

Etymology 2

From French pelle.

Noun

pèl

1. shovel, spade

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 146

Occitan

Alternative forms

• pèth (Gascony)
• peu (Limousin)
• pèu (Provençal)

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin pellis, pellem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (East Languedocien) [ˈpɛl]
• IPA^(key): (West Languedocien) [ˈpɛl]

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

pèl f (plural pèls)

1. (Languedoc) skin

References

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 728
• Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.