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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/
• Homophones: Mel, mell

Etymology 1

Shortening of melody.

Noun

mel (plural mels)

1. (psychoacoustics) A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

Etymology 2

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel (uncountable)

1. Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.

Anagrams

• EML, Elm, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, elm

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin milium.

Noun

mel m (definite singular meli)

1. millet

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meli (“honey”) (compare Welsh mêl, Old Irish mil), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid, whence also Latin mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/

Noun

mel m

1. honey

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan mel, from Latin mel (“honey”), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Compare French miel, Italian miele, Portuguese mel, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Noun

mel f (plural mels)

1. honey

Derived terms

• lluna de mel

Etymology 2

Vulgar Latin melum, variant of m?lum (“apple”).

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

1. (Balearics, anatomy) cheekbone

   Synonym: pòmul

Etymology 3

Pronoun

mel

1. (archaic) Contraction of me el.

Further reading

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

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mé??]

Noun

m?l inan

1. second-person singular possessive singular of ?lli; (it is) your liver.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mel, from Proto-Celtic *meli (“honey”) (compare Welsh mêl, Old Irish mil), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid, whence also Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel m

1. honey

Mutation

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?l]

Verb

mel

1. second-person singular imperative of mlít

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin m?lle.

Numeral

mel

1. thousand

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mj?l, from Proto-Germanic *melw?, from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, rub, break up”).

Noun

mel n (singular definite melet, not used in plural form)

1. flour

Dhuwal

Noun

mel

1. eye

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mel, from Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel m (plural meles)

1. honey

Gothic

Romanization

m?l

1. Romanization of ????????????

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel

1. honey

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *melli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Ancient Greek ???? (méli), Gothic ???????????????????? (miliþ), Old Armenian ???? (me?r).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mel/, [m???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mel/, [m?l]

Noun

mel n (genitive mellis); third declension

1. honey
   • (Can we verify this quotation?)
2. (figuratively) sweetness, pleasantness
3. (figuratively, term of endearment) darling, sweet, honey

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, i-stem).

• Note that the ablative singular melle has the alternative form melli.

Synonyms

• (darling, honey): mell?tus
• (sweetness): dulc?d?, dulcit?s, dulcit?d?, dulcor, mellinia

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• mel in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mele, melle
• mal, male, meyle (chiefly N)
• mæl, mæle, meal (early)

Etymology

From Old English m?l, from Proto-Germanic *m?l?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l/, /m?l/

Noun

mel (plural meles)

1. A time, occasion or event.
2. The occasion when a meal is consumed; mealtime.
3. A meal or feast.

Descendants

• English: meal
• Scots: meal
• Yola: meale, mele, mell
• ? Irish: béile

References

• “m?l, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjøl (also Nynorsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse mj?l

Noun

mel n (definite singular melet)

1. flour, meal

Derived terms

• beinmel
• fiskemel
• hvetemel
• melaktig

References

• “mel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mel

1. present of mala

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l/

Noun

mel m

1. honey

   • […] que ?on mais doce? ca mel […]

     […] which are sweeter than honey […]

Descendants

• Galician: mel
• Portuguese: mel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mel (“honey”), from Latin mel (“honey”), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid (“honey”). Compare Catalan mel, French miel, Italian miele, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?w/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??/
• Hyphenation: mel
• Rhymes: -?w

Noun

mel m (plural meles or méis)

1. honey

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mel.

Derived terms

• melado
• melar

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) mèl
• (Sutsilvan) meal
• (Surmiran) mêl

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) honey
2. (Rumantsch Grischun) jam

Synonyms

• (honey): mel d'avieuls

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French mer (“sea”), with the 'r' turned into 'l'.

Noun

mel (nominative plural mels)

1. sea

Declension

Westrobothnian

Verb

mel

1. Alternative spelling of meel

Noun

mel

1. Alternative spelling of meel