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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

Noun

tel (plural tels)

1. Abbreviation of telephone number.
2. Abbreviation of telegraph.
3. Abbreviation of telegram.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

tel (plural tels)

1. Alternative form of tell (“hill or mound”)

Anagrams

• -let, ELT, ETL, LTE, TLE, elt, let

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t???l]

Verb

tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle tellende)

1. to count

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (tel).

Noun

tel

1. thread
2. (music) chord, string

Derived terms

• tejzë

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *t?l (“wire, string; thong; strand”). Cognate with Karakhanid ?????? (tili, “thong”), Crimean Tatar and Turkish tel, Turkmen til, Kumyk and Nogai ??? (tel), Chuvash ??? (tal, “bundle”).Alternatively, related to Armenian ??? (t?el, “thread”), either as a direct borrowing or originating from the same Iranian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tel]

Noun

tel (definite accusative teli, plural tell?r)

1. strand of hair
2. string
3. wire
4. telegram

5. fringe; bang; forelock
6. tie

Declension

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?té??]

Etymology 1

Particle

t?l

1. however, nonetheless

Etymology 2

Noun

t?l inan

1. first-person plural possessive singular of ?lli; (it is) our liver; the human liver.
2. first-person plural possessive plural of ?lli; (they are) our livers.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Compare Ottoman Turkish ??? (tel), Old Armenian ??? (t?el).

Noun

tel

1. wire

2. (music) chord, string

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “tel”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

tel m (plural tellen, diminutive telletje n)

1. count

   De gebedssnoeren worden gebruikt om de tel niet kwijt te raken bij het reciteren of chanten.^[1] — Prayer beads are used in order to not lose count while reciting or chanting.

2. (time) second
3. a short moment

Verb

tel

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

Anagrams

• Let, let

French

Etymology

From Old French tel, from Latin t?lis. Compare Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l/

Adjective

tel (feminine singular telle, masculine plural tels, feminine plural telles)

1. such

Derived terms

• telle mère, telle fille
• tel père, tel fils
• tel quel

Pronoun

tel ?

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Derived terms

• tellement

Further reading

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

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te?????]

Noun

tel(??) • (teru) 

1. telephone
2. telephone number

Verb

tel(??)?? • (teru suru) suru (stem tel(??)? (teru shi), past tel(??)?? (teru shita))

1. (informal) to call (contact by telephone)

Conjugation

Old French

Etymology

From Latin t?lis.

Adjective

tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)

1. such a
   • circa 1050, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland (Oxford manuscript)

     Unques nuls hom tel chevaler ne vit

     Never has a man seen such a knight

Declension

Related terms

• itel

Old Norse

Verb

tel

1. first-person singular present indicative of telja
2. second-person singular imperative of telja

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????????? (tel) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (taila).

Noun

tel (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)

1. oil

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (tel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têl/

Noun

t?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (obsolete) thin wire

   Ne biju se tako pobinjice, ve? se biju od tela kandžijom

2. silver or golden thread or string for sewing or embroidering
   • 1906, Stevan Sremac, Zona Zamfirova:

     Pustila dugu kosu niz ple?a i preko grudi, a niz dugu kosu pušta se tel, blešti i treperi tel me?u crnom bujnom kosom, pa mu izgleda Zona sjajna i sve?ana kao zavetna ikona.

Declension

References

• 1957, Škalji? Abdulah, Turcizmi u narodnom govoru, Sarajevo
• 1976, ?????? ???????????????? ????????? ??????, VI. ?????, ?-? (???????), ????? ?????????? ??????, ?????? ??????, ???? ???, ???. 171

Tatar

Noun

tel

1. tongue; language

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ??? (tel). See it for more.

Noun

tel (definite accusative teli, plural teller)

1. wire
2. thread
3. string, chord

4. telegram

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of telefon.

Noun

tel

1. Abbreviation of telefon.

Declension

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “tel”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük

Volapük

Numeral

tel

1. two

Derived terms

• telüm

West Frisian

Adverb

tel

1. (archaic) soon

Further reading

• “tel (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011