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bel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
- Homophones: bell, belle
Etymology 1
Named after Alexander Graham Bell.
Noun
bel (plural bels)
- 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)
- 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
- (anatomy) waist
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “spade”), from Persian ???? (bil, “spade”).
Noun
bel m
- spade
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bel/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *b??l.
Noun
bel (definite accusative beli, plural bell?r)
- (anatomy) back of the body
- Synonyms: dal, arxa
- (anatomy) small of the back
- (anatomy) waist
- Synonym: miyan
- (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)
- spade
Declension
Further reading
- “bel” in Obastan.com.
Bislama
Etymology 1
From English bell.
Noun
bel
- bell
Etymology 2
From English belly.
Noun
bel
- belly
Etymology 3
From English bale.
Noun
bel
- bale
Catalan
Etymology
From belar (“to bleat”)
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?b?l/
Noun
bel m (plural bels)
- 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)
- bell
- (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)
- bubble
- Synonym: bubbel
Derived terms
- luchtbel
- zeepbel
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bel
- first-person singular present indicative of bellen
- imperative of bellen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?l/
Etymology 1
see beau
Adjective
bel
- 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)
- 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
- belt
- seatbelt
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?l]
- Hyphenation: bel
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From English bel.
Noun
bel
- bel (a unit of measurement)
Declension
Derived terms
- decibel
Etymology 2
From bél.
Noun
bel
- (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)
- 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)
- bell
- Synonym: lonceng
Verb
bèl
- (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)
- (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
- preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello
Ladino
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “waist”).
Noun
bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ????)
- (anatomy) waist
Maguindanao
Noun
bel
- smoke
Maranao
Noun
bel
- 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
- Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
- 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)
- (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
- (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)
- 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)
- moment, instant
- 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)
- graceful, elegant, courteous
- noble
- (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
- Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
- 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)
- beautiful
San Pablo Güilá Zapotec
Alternative forms
- behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)
Noun
bel
- (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 ????)
- 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)
- 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
- abdomen, belly (of a human)
- underside
- 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)
- waist
Declension
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ??? (bel, “spade”), from Persian ???? (bil, “spade”).
Noun
bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)
- (dated) spade
Turkmen
Noun
bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)
- archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)
Declension
Uzbek
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *b??l (“waist”).
Noun
bel (plural bellar)
- waistline
Declension
Etymology 2
From Persian ???? (b?l, “spade”).
Noun
bel (plural bellar)
- shovel, spade
Declension
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Berg.
Noun
bel (nominative plural bels)
- 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)
- bell
- doorbell
Derived terms
- earbel
Further reading
- “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Wiyot
Adjective
bel
- 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
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bael
English
Alternative forms
- bel
Etymology
From Hindi ????? (bilv) or Marathi ??? (bel), from Sanskrit ????? (vilva) or ????? (bailva).
Noun
bael (plural baels)
- 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.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra, Orient Black Swan 2015, p. 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
- the bael tree (Aegle marmelos)
- the fruit of this tree; the wood apple
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