different between favel vs favela

English

Etymology 1

From Old French favele, from Latin fabella (“short fable”), diminutive of fabula. See fable.

Noun

favel

1. (obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

Old French fauvel, favel, diminutive of Old French fauve; of German oigin. See fallow (adjective).

Adjective

favel (comparative more favel, superlative most favel)

1. yellow or dun in colour

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

Noun

favel (plural favels)

1. A horse of a favel or dun colour.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French favel. Uses after the 14th century are based on William Langland's The vision of Piers Plowman.

Noun

favel (uncountable)

1. flattery; duplicity

References

• “f?v??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese favela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??v?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

favela (plural favelas)

1. A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
   • 2012, Tim Edensor, ?Mark Jayne, Urban Theory Beyond the West: A World of Cities

     security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city

   • 2008, Cedar Lewisohn, Street Art, Foreword, page 8.

     The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.

Anagrams

• Lafave

Portuguese

Etymology

The slum sense is named after the tree. The first favela was founded by veterans of the War of Canudos on Morro da Providência (Providence Hill). That hill was similar to a hill where a battle took place during the war, which had many favela trees. The name of the tree probably comes ultimately from a diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”). An alternative and less likely etymology may be favo +? -ela .

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa?v?l?/

Noun

favela f (plural favelas)

1. a species of tree, Cnidoscolus quercifolius, native to northeastern Brazil.

   Synonym: faveleira

2. (Brazil) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) morro, (Portugal) bairro de lata, (Angola) musseque, (Mozambique) caniço

Related terms

• favelado
• barraco, cortiço

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) favella
• (Sursilvan) faviala
• (Sutsilvan) faveala

Etymology

From Latin fabella, diminutive of f?bula, or from a derivative of Vulgar Latin *fabell?re.

Noun

favela f (plural favelas)

1. (Surmiran, poetic) language

Usage notes

Implies a strong emotional attachment. Used almost exclusively to refer to Romansch itself.

Synonyms

• lungatg

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese favela. Doublet of fabela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?bela/, [fa???e.la]

Noun

favela f (plural favelas)

1. favela