different between peel vs pel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?l/
  • IPA^(key): [p?i??], [p?i??]
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophone: peal

Etymology 1

From Middle English pelen itself from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier, both from Latin pil?, pil?re (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.

Verb

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

   I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
2. (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

   I peeled (the skin from) a banana and ate it hungrily.

   We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.

3. (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

   I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel.

4. (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.

   The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

5. (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).

   The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

Synonyms

• (remove outer covering): skin, strip
• (remove clothing): disrobe, strip

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)

1. (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
2. (countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.
3. (countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
4. (countable) A spatula-like device to remove bread or pizza from an oven.

Synonyms

• (skin of a fruit): rind, zest

Derived terms

• orange peel
• peel strength

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin palus (“stake”). Doublet of pole.

Noun

peel (plural peels)

1. (obsolete) A stake.
2. (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
3. (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Derived terms

• peel-house, peelhouse
• peel-tower

Etymology 3

From Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin p?la, from the base of plangere (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.

Noun

peel (plural peels)

1. A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
2. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
3. (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.

Translations

Etymology 4

Origin unknown.

Noun

peel (plural peels)

1. (Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
2. (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

Verb

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (curling) To play a peel shot.

Etymology 5

Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.

Verb

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

Etymology 6

Old French piller (“pillage”).

Verb

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

1. (archaic, transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.

Etymology 7

Noun

peel (plural peels)

1. Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”)

Etymology 8

Verb

peel

1. Misspelling of peal: to sound loudly.
   • 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information number XXVI, available in, 1825, The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information, page 401,

     Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;

   • 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", The New York Times, page 1,

     The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled, bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.

   • 2006, Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place, Louisiana State University Press, ?ISBN, pages 230–231,

     As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .

Anagrams

• LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep

Wolof

Noun

peel

1. shovel

English

Noun

pel (plural pels)

1. (dated) pixel

Derived terms

• megapel

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

Afrikaans

Noun

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

1. Alternative spelling of pêl

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pel m (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pel/

Preposition

pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

1. Contraction of per el.

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

pel

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?l]
• Hyphenation: pèl

Noun

pel (plural pel-pel, first-person possessive pelku, second-person possessive pelmu, third-person possessive pelnya)

1. paper sheet.

   Synonym: kertas

2. rag for mopping.

Further reading

• “pel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pel/

Contraction

pel

1. Contraction of per il.
   • 1893, Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale, Fratelli Treves, page 414:

     Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti.

   • 1953, Il mare non bagna Napoli, Anna Maria Ortese:

     Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa.

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• p’el, pol

Etymology

Compare Central Kurdish ???? (pol), ?????? (polû, “ember”), Middle Armenian ??? (po?).

Noun

p’el ?

1. firebrand, smouldering piece of wood, charred wood, live coal; ember

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Frisian p?l, from Latin palus

Noun

pel m (definite singular pelen, indefinite plural peler, definite plural pelene)

1. (construction) a pile

Alternative forms

• pæl

References

• “pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Occitan

Contraction

pel

1. Contraction of per lo.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pellis, pellem.

Noun

pel f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels)

1. skin
2. pelisse (garment made from sowing together skins)

Descendants

• ? English: pelt
• Middle French: peau
  • French: peau
• Bourguignon: peâ

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *p?laz, from Latin p?lus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to attach”). Cognates include Old English p?l and Old Dutch p?l. Doublet of p?l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?l/, [?p??l]

Noun

p?l m

1. pole

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Romani

Alternative forms

• pijel

Verb

pel

1. to drink

Derived terms

• chuchi pel