moel

See also: möl and m̄öl

English

Etymology

From Welsh moel (“bare hill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /mɔɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Noun

moel (plural moels)

1. A hill having a rounded outline in its upper portion because the summit is protected from rapid denudation by a layer of soil and a growth of forest trees or grass, or by marshes of peat.

Related terms

• Nant-y-moel

References

• Moel in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

Anagrams

• melo-, Melo, elmo, molé, Elmo, melo, mole, Mole, Lomé

Estonian

Noun

moel

1. adessive singular of mood

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh moel, from Old Welsh mail, from Proto-Brythonic *moɨl, from Proto-Celtic *mailos; cognate with Old Irish máel.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /moːɨ̯l/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɔi̯l/

Adjective

moel (feminine singular moel, plural moelion, equative moeled, comparative moelach, superlative moelaf)

1. bald
2. plain
3. bare
4. (of livestock) polled, hornless

Derived terms

• moeli (“to go bald”)
• moelni (“baldness”)
• moelyn (“baldy”)

Noun

moel f (plural moelydd)

1. a bare, treeless mountain or hill

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
moel	foel	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.