different between betee vs betel

English

Etymology

From Middle English biten, biteon, from Old English bet?on (“to cover, surround, enclose, dispose of, bestow, bequeath, impeach, accuse”), equivalent to be- +? tee. Cognate with German beziehen (“to obtain, cover, receive, draw”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (bitiuhan, “to bestow, draw over, betray”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?

Verb

betee (third-person singular simple present betees, present participle beteeing, simple past beteed or betow, past participle beteed or betown)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw over (as a covering); cover; veil.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To pull or tug at.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To employ; spend; bestow (time, pains, etc.)
4. (transitive, obsolete) To bring about; manage; arrange.

English

Etymology

From Tamil ???????? (ve??ilai), from ????? (ve??a, “variety”) + ??? (ilai, “leaf”).

Noun

betel (usually uncountable, plural betels)

1. Either of two plants often used in combination:
   1. an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper
   2. the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
   • 1958, R. K. Narayan, The Guide, Penguin, 1988, p. 194,

     Her face was flushed with the tingling effect of betel leaves.

2. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
   • 2002, V?tsy?yana, Kama Sutra, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar, Oxford University Press, 3.3.16, pp. 83-84,

     Within the range of his powers, he sends her, secretly, […] cosmetics such as red lac, red arsenic, yellow arsenic, red mercury sulphide, and black collyrium; sandalwood paste and saffron; and, in course of time, areca nuts and betel leaves for betel.

Translations

See also

• areca
• paan

References

Anagrams

• let be

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele/bétel, from Tamil ???????? (ve??ilai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?.t?l/
• Hyphenation: be?tel
• Rhymes: -e?t?l

Noun

betel f (plural betels)

1. betel
   1. betel vine, Piper betle

      Synonym: betelpeper

   2. betel palm, Areca catechu

      Synonyms: betelboom, betelpalm

Derived terms

• betelblad
• betelboom
• betelnoot
• betelpalm
• betelpeper

Italian

Noun

betel m (invariable)

1. betel leaf, Piper betle

Further reading

• betel in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana