different between bel vs vel

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).

Noun

vel

1. (logic) The ? symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.

References

Anagrams

• ELV, Lev., lev, lev-

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vel (plural velle, diminutive velletjie)

1. A skin, a hide.
2. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.
3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).

Etymology 2

From Dutch vellen, from Middle Dutch vellen, from Old Dutch *fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan?.

Verb

vel (present vel, present participle vellende, past participle gevel)

1. (transitive) To fell.
2. (transitive, of verdicts, opinions) To decide, to pronounce.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin v?lum.

Noun

vel m

1. veil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wala, Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, twist”). From the same root of vjell and vjel.

Verb

vel (first-person singular past tense vela, participle velur)

1. I feel nauseated, sick

Related terms

• vjell
• vjel

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan vel), from Latin v?lum (compare French voile, Spanish velo, Portuguese véu), from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vel m (plural vels)

1. veil

Related terms

• vela
• velar

Further reading

• “vel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “vel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

vel

1. Soft mutation of mel.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?l]

Verb

vel

1. second-person singular imperative of velet

Danish

Adverb

vel

1. I suppose

Interjection

vel

1. (used as a tag question) is it the case

   Der er ikke slanger, vel?

   There aren't any snakes, are there?

   Du er ikke sur på mig, vel?

   You are not angry with me, are you?

Antonyms

• ikke?, ikke sandt?, ikke også?

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/
• Hyphenation: vel
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fell?, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek ?????; cognate with German Fell.

Noun

vel n (plural vellen, diminutive velletje n)

1. A skin, a hide.

2. A fur, a pelt.

3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).

   Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier

   The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.

4. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.

5. A rag, a shred.

Synonyms

• (skin): huid
• (fur): pels
• (sheet): blad n

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vel
• ? Indonesian: pel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vel

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

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• Franck, Johannes (1892) Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch Low Saxon

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Faroese

Noun

vel n (genitive singular vels, plural vel)

1. tail (of a bird)

Declension

German Low German

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

vel (comparative betur, superlative best) (háttaratviksorð (“adverb of manner”))

1. well

Derived terms

• betur sjá augu en auga
• vel á minnst
• allt er gott sem endar vel
• gjörðu svo vel
• ganga vel
• gangi þér vel

Etymology 2

Verb

vel

1. inflection of velja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative singular

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/
• Hyphenation: vel

Conjunction

vel

1. (rare) and/or (inclusive "or")
   • 1914, Félix Mirot, La Langue Auxiliaire, page 90:

     Me certe prenos akompananto: vel mea frato, vel mea kuzo.

     I will certainly bring company: either my sibling and/or my cousin.

Usage notes

After the adoption of the word by the Akademio in 1913-14, it didn't see much use. Those that actually used the word, didn't seem to use it correctly either. They recommended just using the exclusive for both (i.e. od and o), and by the following year, they proposed to annul the adoption. If they actually officially annulled the word is unknown.

See also

• od, o

Latin

Alternative forms

• ? (abbreviation)
• ? (abbreviation)

Etymology

From earlier *well, from *wels, from *welsi (“you wish”), thus originally the second-person singular present active indicative form of vol? (“I will, I wish”). The semantic development may have been helped by the fortuitous similarity to -ve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?el/, [u????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vel/, [v?l]

Conjunction

vel

1. or; and/or
   • 2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus

     In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.

     In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.

2. even

Usage notes

• This word is comparable to an inclusive or in logic.

Derived terms

• velut

Descendants

• Translingual: ? (symbol of disjunction)
• English: vel sim., vel

See also

• aut

References

• v?l in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 2. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• v?l in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,651
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• “uel” on page 2,021–2,022 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “vel”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,068/1

Latvian

Verb

vel

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of velt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of velt

Livonian

Etymology

Compare Estonian veel, Latvian v?l (“more, else, yet”). According to Karulis, Latvian v?l is an inherited word cognate with v?ls (“late”), thus perhaps an old Baltic borrowing in Finnic languages; this is supported by EES. Its use before jo, juo forming comparatives of adjectives could be a more recent calque, cf., Latvian lab?k (“better”) — v?l jo lab?k (“the better, even better”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vel/

Adverb

ve'l

1. more, else, yet
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), L?võk?el-?stik?el-le?k?el sõn?r?ntõz, Tartu, R?ga: TÜ, LVA

     mis sa vel äd t?!

     what do you think you're doing!? ~ what else will you come up with! (lit. "what else do you want [to come up with]!")

     al? ajjõ van? kouv vizzõ, ko?tš ?ž vel äb ?o va?mõz

     do not fill up the old well until a new one is not (yet) ready

References

Manx

Verb

vel

1. present dependent form of bee
   • Abbyr dy vel eh çheet. Let us assume that he is coming.
   • As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh. The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
   • Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney. A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.
   • Vel oo ayns shoh rish foddey? Have you been here long?

Usage notes

• Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-.

Adverb

vel

1. well

Derived terms

References

• “vel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/, /?e?l/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-. Akin to English well.

Adverb

vel

1. well
2. certainly, probably

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

vel

1. present tense of velja and velje
2. imperative of velja and velje

References

• “vel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old English fell.

Noun

vel n

1. A fur.

Descendants

• German: Fell

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela (“well”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-. Cognate with Old English wel, Old Frisian wela, Old Saxon wela, Old High German wola, Gothic ???????????????????? (waila).

Adverb

vel (comparative betr, superlative bazt)

1. well
2. easily
3. fully, amply, largely

Descendants

• Icelandic: vel
• Faroese: væl
• Norwegian: vel
• Old Swedish: væl, val
  • Swedish: väl
• Danish: vel

References

• vel in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin v?lum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vel/

Noun

vel m (plural vej)

1. veil

Related terms

• velé

Polish

Etymology

From Latin vel (“or”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/

Conjunction

vel

1. AKA, alias (with pseudonyms)

   Synonyms: albo, czyli

Further reading

• vel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• vel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vel?j?

Adjective

vel m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (dated, historical) great (preceding a medieval rank in Wallachia or Moldavia)

Further reading

• vel in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Volapük

Numeral

vel

1. seven

Derived terms

• velüm