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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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pju?z/
• Rhymes: -u?z

Noun

pews

1. plural of pew

Verb

pews

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pew

Anagrams

• EWPs, spew