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weel
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /wil/, [wi?l]
- (US)
Etymology 1
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Noun
weel (plural weels)
- (obsolete) A whirlpool.
- A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.
Etymology 2
Verb
weel
- Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.
Middle English
Adverb
weel
- Alternative form of wel
- (Chaucer)
Adjective
weel
- Alternative form of wel
Scots
Adjective
weel (comparative better, superlative best)
- Well.
Adverb
weel (comparative better, superlative best)
- Well.
Derived terms
- guid an weel (“well and good”)
Interjection
weel
- Well.
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veel
English
Etymology 1
Noun
veel (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of veal
Etymology 2
Verb
veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)
- (nonstandard, Britain) feel
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- To Veel. v. To feel.
- Veel’d. part. Felt.
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
Etymology 3
Noun
veel (plural veels)
- (nonstandard, Britain) field
Quotations
- 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
- But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
Derived terms
- veelvare
Anagrams
- EVEL, elev., elve, vele
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- feul (obsolete)
- veul (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??l/
Pronoun
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
Synonyms
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
Determiner
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
Synonyms
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve?l/
- Hyphenation: veel
- Rhymes: -e?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Determiner
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
- many, much, a lot of
Usage notes
As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch. In formal style the inflected form vele may be used, but only for plurals or before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:
Inflection
Antonyms
- weinig
Derived terms
Pronoun
veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)
- much, a lot
Antonyms
- weinig
Derived terms
- veelverdiener
- veelvraat
Descendants
- Afrikaans: veel
Adverb
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
- much
- often, frequently
Synonyms
- (frequently): vaak
Antonyms
- weinig
- (frequency): zelden
Derived terms
- veelgebruikt
Etymology 2
Verb
veel
- first-person singular present indicative of velen
- imperative of velen
Anagrams
- leve, vele
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
- völle
Etymology
Cognate to German viel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?l/
Adverb
veel
- much
Adjective
veel
- much, many
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian v?l, Latvian v?l and Finnish vielä.
Adverb
veel
- yet, still
Anagrams
- elev
Etymology 2
Noun
veel
- adessive singular of vesi
German Low German
Alternative forms
- v?l
- v?l
- (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) v?l, vääl, väl, vel
- (Eastern Westphalian) viel, vill
Etymology
Cognate to German viel.
Adverb
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
Adjective
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve?l/
Adverb
veel
- yet
References
- Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?[1]
Middle English
Alternative forms
- veele, vele, veale
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??l/, /v?l/
Noun
veel (plural veles)
- veal (the meat of a calf)
- A calf (young cow)
Descendants
- English: veal
- Scots: veal, veall, vale
References
- “v?l(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
Old French
Alternative forms
- vedel
Etymology
Inherited from Latin vitellus.
Noun
veel m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)
- calf (young cow or bull)
Descendants
- ? English: veal
- French: veau
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
- veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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