different between pelt vs pels

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pelette, diminutive of pel (“a skin”), from Latin pellis. Alternatively a contraction of peltry (“skins”) from the same Old French and Latin roots.Norwegian pels, Norwegian belte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
2. The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
3. (humorous) Human skin.

   • A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Possible contraction of pellet

Verb

pelt (third-person singular simple present pelts, present participle pelting, simple past and past participle pelted)

1. (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.

   They pelted the attacking army with bullets.

2. (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.

   The children pelted apples at us.

3. (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.

   It's pelting down out there!

4. (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
5. (intransitive) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

   The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To throw out words.

Translations

Noun

pelt (plural pelts)

1. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
   • 2013, Karen-Anne Stewart, Healing Rain (page 134)

     Kas is awakened by the furious pelts of rain hitting the tin roof, and he rolls over, pulling his sleeping wife tightly into his arms.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pelt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• -lept, lept, lept-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

pelt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of pellen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of pellen

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