different between bael vs beal

English

Alternative forms

• bel

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (bilv) or Marathi ??? (bel), from Sanskrit ????? (vilva) or ????? (bailva).

Noun

bael (plural baels)

1. A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra, Orient Black Swan 2015, p. 2:

     In the courtyard there were fruit and flowering trees appropriate for the worship of Mahadev, as also a bel tree.

2. The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple.

Synonyms

• Bengal quince

Translations

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bale, beal, blea

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?el

Noun

bael

1. the bael tree (Aegle marmelos)
2. the fruit of this tree; the wood apple

English

Etymology

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English b?le (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-Germanic *b?lij? (“swelling”), from *b?l? (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bi?l/

Noun

beal (plural beals)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

Verb

beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, bale, blea

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Preposition

beal

1. (with a number) half before (the hour)

Old French

Adjective

beal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular beale)

1. Alternative form of biau