pel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pel"

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English

Noun

pel (plural pels)

1. (dated) pixel

Derived terms

• megapel

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

Afrikaans

Noun

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

1. alternative spelling of pêl

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pel m (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pel]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Preposition

pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

1. contraction of per el

Further reading

• “pel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “pel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Alternative forms

• pyl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl]
• Hyphenation: pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

pel m inan

1. pollen
2. powder similar to pollen
3. indication, trace

Declension

Declension of pel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pel	pely
genitive	pelu	pelů
dative	pelu	pelům
accusative	pel	pely
vocative	pele	pely
locative	pelu	pelech
instrumental	pelem	pely

Further reading

• “pel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

pel

1. inflection of pellen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl]
• Rhymes: -pɛl, -ɛl, -l
• Hyphenation: pèl

Noun

pèl (plural pel-pel)

1. paper sheet

   Synonym: kertas

2. rag for mopping

Derived terms

• dipel
• mengepel

Further reading

• “pel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: pel

Contraction

pel

1. (dated) contraction of per il
   • 1893, Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale, Fratelli Treves, page 414:

     Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1953, Anna Maria Ortese, Il mare non bagna Napoli:

     Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

pel m (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of pelo

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *warkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *walkás (“bark, leaf”).

Noun

pel m

1. leaf

Alternative forms

• bel, belg, pelg

Etymology 2

Compare Central Kurdish پۆل (pol), پۆلوو (polû, “ember”), Middle Armenian պող (poġ).

Noun

p’el ?

1. firebrand, smouldering piece of wood, charred wood, live coal; ember

Alternative forms

• p’el, pol

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Frisian pēl, from Latin palus.

Noun

pel m (definite singular pelen, indefinite plural peler, definite plural pelene)

1. (construction) a pile

Alternative forms

• pæl

References

• “pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpel/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pel m (plural pels)

1. hair

Etymology 2

Contraction of per lo.

Contraction

pel

1. for the

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pellis, pellem.

Noun

pel oblique singular, f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels)

1. skin
2. pelisse (garment made from sewing together skins)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 96, line 877:

     Unes pels fist de barbes granz

     he made a pelisse out of these great beards

Derived terms

• pelette
  • → English: pelt

Descendants

• Angevin: piau
• Bourguignon: peâ
• Champenois: pé, piau
• Franc-Comtois: pée
• Middle French: peau
  • French: peau
• Norman: pé
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: pea
• Picard: pieu, piau
• Walloon: pea

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pāli, variant of *pāl, *pālu, borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognates include Old English pāl and Old Dutch pāl. Doublet of pāl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːl/, [ˈpɛːl]

Noun

pēl m

1. pole

Descendants

• North Frisian: pil
• Saterland Frisian: Peel

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Romagnol

Noun

pel m pl (Bassa Romagna)

1. plural of pèla (“pier”)

Romani

Alternative forms

• pijel

Verb

pel

1. to drink

Derived terms

• chuchi pel