different between stela vs steal

English

Alternative forms

• (pl.) stelae, steles

Etymology

From Latin st?la, from Ancient Greek ????? (st?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti?l?/
• Rhymes: -i?l?
• Hyphenation: ste?la

Noun

stela (plural stelas or stelae)

1. (archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
   • 1776, R. Chandler, Trav. Greece, VIII?35

     In the courts of the houses lie many round stelæ, or pillars, once placed on the graves of the Athenians.

   • 1837, J. G. Wilkinson, Manners & Customs of the Anc. Egyptians, I?ii?101

     He erected a stela, with an inscription in the sacred character, to commemorate his successes.

   • 1876, S. Manning, Land of Pharaohs, 203

     The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin.

   • 1893, E. A. T. W. Budge, Mummy, 30

     Thothmes I. set up two stelæ near the Euphrates.

Synonyms

• stele

Translations

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, steal, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?st?la]

Verb

stela

1. masculine singular present transgressive of stlát

Related terms

• stelouc

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Pronunciation

Verb

stela (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stal, third-person plural past indicative stálu, supine stolið)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to steal

   Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

   Who stole the cookie from the jar last night?

Derived terms

Related terms

• stuldur

See also

• þjófur
• þjófóttur
• þýfi

Latin

Noun

st?la f (genitive st?lae); first declension

1. column, pillar

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: stela
• Galician: estela
• ? Polish: stela

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stele

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Verb

stela (present tense stel, past tense stal, past participle stole, passive infinitive stelast, present participle stelande, imperative stel)

1. to steal (illegally take possession of)

2. to consume, take

   Dette arbeidet stel all fritida mi.

   This work takes all of my spare time.

3. to achieve or gain something by tricking someone or something

See also

• stjele (Bokmål)

References

• “stela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stelan?, whence also Old English stelan, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, Old Norse stela.

Verb

stela

1. to steal

Descendants

• West Frisian: stelle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stelan?, whence also Old English stelan, Old Frisian stela, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, Gothic ???????????????????????? (stilan).

Verb

stela (singular past indicative stal, plural past indicative stálu, past participle stolinn)

1. (transitive, with dative) to steal
2. (transitive, with accusative) to rob

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• stela in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

From Latin st?la, from Ancient Greek ????? (st?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.la/

Noun

stela f

1. (archaeology) stele, stela (tall, slender stone monument)
2. (botany) stele (central core of the root and shoot system)

Declension

Further reading

• stela in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• stela in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Adjective

stela

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of stel.

Anagrams

• salte, tesla

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stè???], [st?????], [stjæ????], [stjò???] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -è???

Verb

stela (present stäl, preterite stal, supine stuli or stöle or stölä)

1. (active verb) steal (illegally take possession of)

English

Etymology

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelan? (compare West Frisian stelle, Low German stehlen, Dutch stelen, German stehlen, Danish stjæle, Swedish stjäla,Norwegian stjele); see below for more.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?l, IPA^(key): /sti?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophones: steel, stele

Verb

steal (third-person singular simple present steals, present participle stealing, simple past stole, past participle stolen or (nonstandard, colloquial) stole)

1. (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
   • "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."

2. (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

3. (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

   • Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind too often from its steady pursuit of any subject.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Great Place

     Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, […] and do not think to steal it.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.

5. (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
6. (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Ch.1:

     "Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the baby, asleep, but frowning. The window shook, and Rebecca stole like a cat and wedged it.
7. (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
8. To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

   • They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission.
9. (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
10. (sports, transitive) To dispossess
11. (informal, transitive) To borrow for a short moment.

Synonyms

• (to illegally take possession of): See Thesaurus:steal
• (to secretly move): sneak

Antonyms

• (acquire licitly) receive, purchase, buy, earn
• (provide freely) donate, bestow, grant

Troponyms

• shoplift

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• burglarize
• burgle
• confiscate
• pickpocket
• pilfer
• steal away

Noun

steal (plural steals)

1. The act of stealing.
2. A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.

   At this price, this car is a steal.

3. (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
4. (baseball) A stolen base.
5. (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
6. (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

Synonyms

• (merchandise available at a very attractive price): (great / real / very good) bargain

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla