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Noun

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pel (plural pels)

  1. (dated) pixel

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

  1. Alternative spelling of pêl

Asturian

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Etymology

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

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

  1. by means of the

Catalan

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Preposition

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pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

  1. Contraction of per el.

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Czech

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pel m inan

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

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

Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /pɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

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pel

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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pèl (plural pel-pel, first-person possessive pelku, second-person possessive pelmu, third-person possessive pelnya)

  1. paper sheet.
    Synonym: kertas
  2. rag for mopping.

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Italian

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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)

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pel m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of pelo

Northern Kurdish

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

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p’el ?[1]

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

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  1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “p’el II”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437a

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian pēl, from Latin palus.

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

  1. (construction) a pile

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Occitan

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From Latin pilus.

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pel m (plural pels)

  1. hair

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Contraction of per lo.

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pel

  1. for the

Old French

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From Latin pellis, pellem.

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pel oblique singularf (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

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  • pelette
    • English: pelt

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːl/, [ˈpɛːl]

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pēl m

  1. pole

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  • North Frisian: pil
  • Saterland Frisian: Peel

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

Romagnol

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pel m pl (Bassa Romagna)

  1. plural of pèla (pier)

Romani

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pel

  1. to drink

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