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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).

Noun

vel

1. (logic) The ? symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.

References

Anagrams

• ELV, Lev., lev, lev-

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vel (plural velle, diminutive velletjie)

1. A skin, a hide.
2. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.
3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).

Etymology 2

From Dutch vellen, from Middle Dutch vellen, from Old Dutch *fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan?.

Verb

vel (present vel, present participle vellende, past participle gevel)

1. (transitive) To fell.
2. (transitive, of verdicts, opinions) To decide, to pronounce.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin v?lum.

Noun

vel m

1. veil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wala, Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, twist”). From the same root of vjell and vjel.

Verb

vel (first-person singular past tense vela, participle velur)

1. I feel nauseated, sick

Related terms

• vjell
• vjel

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan vel), from Latin v?lum (compare French voile, Spanish velo, Portuguese véu), from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?v?l/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?l/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vel/

Noun

vel m (plural vels)

1. veil

Related terms

• vela
• velar

Further reading

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

Cornish

Noun

vel

1. Soft mutation of mel.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?l]

Verb

vel

1. second-person singular imperative of velet

Danish

Adverb

vel

1. I suppose

Interjection

vel

1. (used as a tag question) is it the case

   Der er ikke slanger, vel?

   There aren't any snakes, are there?

   Du er ikke sur på mig, vel?

   You are not angry with me, are you?

Antonyms

• ikke?, ikke sandt?, ikke også?

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/
• Hyphenation: vel
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fell?, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek ?????; cognate with German Fell.

Noun

vel n (plural vellen, diminutive velletje n)

1. A skin, a hide.

2. A fur, a pelt.

3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).

   Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier

   The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.

4. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.

5. A rag, a shred.

Synonyms

• (skin): huid
• (fur): pels
• (sheet): blad n

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vel
• ? Indonesian: pel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vel

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

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• Franck, Johannes (1892) Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch Low Saxon

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Faroese

Noun

vel n (genitive singular vels, plural vel)

1. tail (of a bird)

Declension

German Low German

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

vel (comparative betur, superlative best) (háttaratviksorð (“adverb of manner”))

1. well

Derived terms

• betur sjá augu en auga
• vel á minnst
• allt er gott sem endar vel
• gjörðu svo vel
• ganga vel
• gangi þér vel

Etymology 2

Verb

vel

1. inflection of velja:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative singular

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/
• Hyphenation: vel

Conjunction

vel

1. (rare) and/or (inclusive "or")
   • 1914, Félix Mirot, La Langue Auxiliaire, page 90:

     Me certe prenos akompananto: vel mea frato, vel mea kuzo.

     I will certainly bring company: either my sibling and/or my cousin.

Usage notes

After the adoption of the word by the Akademio in 1913-14, it didn't see much use. Those that actually used the word, didn't seem to use it correctly either. They recommended just using the exclusive for both (i.e. od and o), and by the following year, they proposed to annul the adoption. If they actually officially annulled the word is unknown.

See also

• od, o

Latin

Alternative forms

• ? (abbreviation)
• ? (abbreviation)

Etymology

From earlier *well, from *wels, from *welsi (“you wish”), thus originally the second-person singular present active indicative form of vol? (“I will, I wish”). The semantic development may have been helped by the fortuitous similarity to -ve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?el/, [u????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vel/, [v?l]

Conjunction

vel

1. or; and/or
   • 2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus

     In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.

     In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.

2. even

Usage notes

• This word is comparable to an inclusive or in logic.

Derived terms

• velut

Descendants

• Translingual: ? (symbol of disjunction)
• English: vel sim., vel

See also

• aut

References

• v?l in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 2. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• v?l in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,651
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• “uel” on page 2,021–2,022 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “vel”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,068/1

Latvian

Verb

vel

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of velt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of velt

Livonian

Etymology

Compare Estonian veel, Latvian v?l (“more, else, yet”). According to Karulis, Latvian v?l is an inherited word cognate with v?ls (“late”), thus perhaps an old Baltic borrowing in Finnic languages; this is supported by EES. Its use before jo, juo forming comparatives of adjectives could be a more recent calque, cf., Latvian lab?k (“better”) — v?l jo lab?k (“the better, even better”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vel/

Adverb

ve'l

1. more, else, yet
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), L?võk?el-?stik?el-le?k?el sõn?r?ntõz, Tartu, R?ga: TÜ, LVA

     mis sa vel äd t?!

     what do you think you're doing!? ~ what else will you come up with! (lit. "what else do you want [to come up with]!")

     al? ajjõ van? kouv vizzõ, ko?tš ?ž vel äb ?o va?mõz

     do not fill up the old well until a new one is not (yet) ready

References

Manx

Verb

vel

1. present dependent form of bee
   • Abbyr dy vel eh çheet. Let us assume that he is coming.
   • As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh. The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
   • Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney. A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.
   • Vel oo ayns shoh rish foddey? Have you been here long?

Usage notes

• Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-.

Adverb

vel

1. well

Derived terms

References

• “vel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/, /?e?l/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-. Akin to English well.

Adverb

vel

1. well
2. certainly, probably

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

vel

1. present tense of velja and velje
2. imperative of velja and velje

References

• “vel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old English fell.

Noun

vel n

1. A fur.

Descendants

• German: Fell

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela (“well”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-. Cognate with Old English wel, Old Frisian wela, Old Saxon wela, Old High German wola, Gothic ???????????????????? (waila).

Adverb

vel (comparative betr, superlative bazt)

1. well
2. easily
3. fully, amply, largely

Descendants

• Icelandic: vel
• Faroese: væl
• Norwegian: vel
• Old Swedish: væl, val
  • Swedish: väl
• Danish: vel

References

• vel in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin v?lum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vel/

Noun

vel m (plural vej)

1. veil

Related terms

• velé

Polish

Etymology

From Latin vel (“or”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/

Conjunction

vel

1. AKA, alias (with pseudonyms)

   Synonyms: albo, czyli

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vel?j?

Adjective

vel m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (dated, historical) great (preceding a medieval rank in Wallachia or Moldavia)

Further reading

• vel in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Volapük

Numeral

vel

1. seven

Derived terms

• velüm

English

Etymology 1

Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?l, IPA^(key): /d??l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Homophones: jel, jell

Noun

gel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

Verb

gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
2. (intransitive) To become a gel.
3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.

   He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.

4. (intransitive, figuratively) To come together to form something; to cohere.

   We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.

Translations

See also

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

Etymology 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?l, IPA^(key): /??l/

Noun

gel (plural gels)

1. (Britain) A girl.

Anagrams

• ELG, ElG, leg, leg.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gel m (plural gels)

1. ice

   Synonym: glaç

2. gel

Related terms

• gelar

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• ghéel (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German gël, from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”). Cognate with German gelb, English yellow.

Adjective

gel

1. (Luserna) yellow

References

• “gel” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/, /d??l/

Noun

gel m or n (plural gels)

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
2. gel (cosmetic preparation)

Anagrams

• leg

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l/

Adjective

gel

1. yellow

French

Etymology

From Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", cf. English gel; compare gélatine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/

Noun

gel m (plural gels)

1. frost

   Synonym: givre

2. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
3. gel (cosmetic preparation)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• glace

Further reading

• “gel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

gel (comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)

Declension

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l/

Adjective

gel

1. Alternative spelling of geel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

gel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)

1. gel

Declension

Nalca

Noun

gel

1. woman
2. wife

Old French

Alternative forms

• jel

Contraction

gel

1. Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??el/

Adjective

gel

1. bright
2. clear
3. white

Declension

Derived terms

• aingel

Descendants

• Irish: geal
• Manx: gial
• Scottish Gaelic: geal

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?oylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English g?l, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”).

Adjective

g?l (comparative g?loro, superlative g?lost)

1. wanton, lustful; wicked

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?w

Noun

gel m (plural géis or geles (rare))

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)

Romanian

Etymology

From French gel.

Noun

gel n (plural geluri)

1. gel

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From gelatina or borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xel/, [?xel]

Noun

gel m (plural geles)

1. gel (semi-solid colloid of a solid and a liquid)
2. gel (cosmetic gel, especially body wash)

Derived terms

• aerogel

Further reading

• “gel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English girl.

Noun

gel

1. girl

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/, [?æl]

Verb

gel

1. second-person singular imperative of gelmek