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English

Etymology

From Baal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

baal (plural baals)

1. a false deity or idol
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

Synonyms

• (a false deity): afgod (obsolete), false god

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Bala, LABA, alba, blaa, laab

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bal (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German balde. Cognate with German bald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/

Adverb

baal

1. (most dialects) soon

2. (most dialects) almost

   Synonyms: fass, fast, beinoh

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baal m

1. (Sette Comuni) drainage channel

References

• “baal” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/, [ba?l]
• Hyphenation: baal
• Rhymes: -a?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

Noun

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)

1. A bale of hay or straw.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

Derived terms

• hooibaal
• strobaal
• vlooienbaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baal
• ? Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

baal

1. first-person singular present indicative of balen
2. imperative of balen

Limos Kalinga

Noun

baál

1. G-string

Somali

Noun

baal ?

1. wing

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baal (transitive)

1. to hide, to conceal
2. to protect, to shelter, to shield
3. to guard, to keep

Inflection

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Homophones: bell, belle

Etymology 1

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel (plural bels)

1. A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Derived terms

• decibel

Translations

References

• Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

bel (plural bels)

1. Alternative form of bael (Indian tree)

Anagrams

• BLE, EBL, LEB, Leb, Leb.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).

Noun

bel m

1. (anatomy) waist

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “spade”), from Persian ???? (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel m

1. spade

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bel/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *b??l.

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bell?r)

1. (anatomy) back of the body

   Synonyms: dal, arxa

2. (anatomy) small of the back
3. (anatomy) waist

   Synonym: miyan

4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col

Derived terms

• bel ba?lamaq (“to rely on”)

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bell?r)

1. spade

Declension

Further reading

• “bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English bell.

Noun

bel

1. bell

Etymology 2

From English belly.

Noun

bel

1. belly

Etymology 3

From English bale.

Noun

bel

1. bale

Catalan

Etymology

From belar (“to bleat”)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. baa, bleat

Related terms

• belar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bel
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bell?. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

1. bell
2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

1. bubble

   Synonym: bubbel

Derived terms

• luchtbel
• zeepbel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bel

1. first-person singular present indicative of bellen
2. imperative of bellen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/

Etymology 1

see beau

Adjective

bel

1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound

Usage notes

• used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ?.b?l.?m/)

Related terms

• bel air

Etymology 2

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. bel (unit of sound intensity)

Anagrams

• blé

Further reading

• “bel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Noun

bêl m

1. belt
2. seatbelt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?l]
• Hyphenation: bel
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From English bel.

Noun

bel

1. bel (a unit of measurement)

Declension

Derived terms

• decibel

Etymology 2

From bél.

Noun

bel

1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)

Derived terms

• benn

See also

• bel-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??l/

  Rhymes: -??l

Noun

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

1. bel (measure of relative power)

Declension

Related terms

• desibel, desíbel

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bell?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bèl

Noun

bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

1. bell

   Synonym: lonceng

Verb

bèl

1. (colloquial) To make phone call.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bêl

Noun

bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

1. (physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.

Further reading

• “bel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Adjective

bel

1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “waist”).

Noun

bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ????)

1. (anatomy) waist

Maguindanao

Noun

bel

1. smoke

Maranao

Noun

bel

1. smoke

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bele, beele, beale, bealle

Etymology

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??l/, /?b?l/

Adjective

bel

1. Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
2. Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms

• beaute, bewte

References

• “b??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

1. (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
2. (Jersey) farmyard

Derived terms

• bel à balle (“ball court, ball park”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)

Derived terms

• desibel

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

1. moment, instant
2. gap, space

References

• “bel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• beal (uncommon)
• beau
• biau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/

Adjective

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

1. graceful, elegant, courteous
2. noble
3. (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
   • late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition

     Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere

     Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land

4. handsome; beautiful

Declension

Related terms

• belement
• biauté
• bellezour

Descendants

• French: beau
  • ? English: beau
• Norman: biau, bieau
• Picard: biau
• ? Middle English: beau; bel

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• belh

Etymology

From Latin bellus

Adjective

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

1. beautiful

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

Alternative forms

• behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun

bel

1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References

• Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, ?ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bê?l/

Adjective

b?l (definite b?l?, comparative bèlj?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Alternative form of b?o

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *b?l?, from Proto-Indo-European *b??lHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bè??/

Adjective

b??? (comparative b?lj b??? or bel?jši, superlative n?jbolj b??? or n?jbel?jši)

1. white

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Further reading

• “bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English belly

Noun

bel

1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
2. underside
3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms

• bel i hevi/bel hevi
• rausim bel

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *b??l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (b²il² /bél/, “waist”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. waist

Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “spade”), from Persian ???? (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. (dated) spade

Turkmen

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

1. archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)

Declension

Uzbek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *b??l (“waist”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

1. waistline

Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (b?l, “spade”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

1. shovel, spade

Declension

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun

bel (nominative plural bels)

1. mountain

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bell?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/

Noun

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

1. bell
2. doorbell

Derived terms

• earbel

Further reading

• “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot

Adjective

bel

1. flat, wide

References

• Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988