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English

Etymology

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Noun

pela (uncountable)

1. Chinese wax
   • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia

     Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.

Anagrams

• Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, peal, plea

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. by means of the

Catalan

Verb

pela

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pelar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pelar

Noun

pela f (plural peles)

1. peseta

French

Verb

pela

1. third-person singular past historic of peler

Anagrams

• Alep, lape, lapé, pale, pâle

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pilla, from Latin pilula (“pellet”). In that case, cognate with Spanish pella.

Alternative forms

• penla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?la?/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

1. lump, dollop, mass (of butter, grease, lard)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from pelar (“to skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?la?/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

1. peel
2. peeling (of skin)

Etymology 3

From Latin palella (“little shovel”), from pala (“shovel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?la?/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

1. trowel; small shovel
   • 1373, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     Item enna cosina hua caldeyra de cobre con seus ferros et hua peella

     Item, in the kitchen a cooper cauldron with its irons [for hanging] and a spatula

2. vanes or blades of a water wheel

Etymology 4

From Latin per + illa.

Contraction

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

2. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”) (archaic)

References

• “pela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “peella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ela

Verb

pela

1. third-person singular present indicative of pelare
2. second-person singular imperative of pelare

Anagrams

• alpe, pale, Pale

Northern Sotho

Noun

pela

1. hyrax

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pela, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *la (“the”).

Alternative forms

• pêla (superseded)
• pella (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pe.l?/

Contraction

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

2. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of pelar (“to skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?/

Verb

pela

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pelar

   Ele pela a carcaça.

   He skins the carcass.

3. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pelar

   Tu aí, pela a carcaça sozinho.

   You there, skin the carcass by yourself.

Sotho

Noun

pela 9 or 10 (plural dipela)

1. hyrax

Spanish

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

1. a hit or a beating
2. (colloquial) Peseta (former currency of Spain)

Related terms

• golpe
• paliza

Verb

pela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pelar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pelar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pelar.

Swazi

Verb

-péla

1. to spell

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tswana

Noun

pela (plural dipela)

1. hyrax

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-péla

1. to spell

Inflection

English

Noun

pels

1. plural of pel

Anagrams

• LEPs, LPEs, PSLE, leps

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pels, from Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ls/

Noun

pels (plural pelse, diminutive pelsie)

1. A fur, the fur coat of certain mammals.

Derived terms

• pelsrob

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?ls/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pels/

Preposition

pels

1. Contraction of per els.

See also

• pel

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse pilz, via Middle Low German pels, from Medieval Latin pellicea, from Latin pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ls/, [p??l?s]

Noun

pels c (singular definite pelsen, plural indefinite pelse)

1. A fur, coat
2. A fur coat.

Declension

References

• “pels” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ls/
• Hyphenation: pels
• Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

pels m (plural pelzen, diminutive pelsje n)

1. A fur, the fur coat of certain mammals.

Synonyms

• vacht

Derived terms

• pelsdier
• pelshandel
• pelsjager
• pelsmantel
• pelsmuts
• pelsrob
• pelswerk

- fur types

• berenpels
• winterpels
• zomerpels

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pels

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pellis (“pelt, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ls/
• Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

pels m (genitive singular pels, nominative plural pelsar)

1. A fur coat.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz, see Latin pelle

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelser, definite plural pelsene)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat.

Derived terms

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelsar, definite plural pelsane)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat.

Derived terms

References

• “pels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Contraction

pels

1. Contraction of per los.

Swedish

Noun

pels c

1. Obsolete spelling of päls

Anagrams

• spel