pel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pel"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Pekal.

Symbol

pel

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Pekal.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pekal terms

English

Noun

pel (plural pels)

1. (dated) pixel

Derived terms

• megapel

Anagrams

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

Afrikaans

Noun

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

1. alternative spelling of pêl

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

pel m (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pel]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Preposition

pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

1. contraction of per +‎ el

Further reading

• “pel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pele, pelle, from Proto-Brythonic *pel, from Latin pīla (“ball”). Cognate with Welsh pêl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛːl/

Noun

pel f (plural pelyow)

1. ball, orb, sphere

Derived terms

• battys ha pel (“paddles and ball”)
• pel an norvys (“globe”)
• pel ayr (“balloon”)
• pel ayr tomm (“hot air balloon”)
• pel dhorn (“handball”)
• pel droos (“football”)
• pel droos amerikanek (“American football”)
• pel droos rugbi (“rugby”)
• pel ganstel (“basketball”)
• pel lagas (“eyeball”)
• pel vas (“baseball”)
• pel volli (“volleyball”)
• peldrosyades, peldrosyas (“professional footballer”)
• peldrosyer, peldrosyores (“amateur footballer”)
• pelva (“bowling green”)
• pelyek (“spherical”)
• tewlel pel gonn (“shot put”)
• towler pel, towlores pel (“bowler”)

Mutation

Mutation of pel

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
pel	bel	fel	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Alternative forms

• pyl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl]
• Hyphenation: pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

pel m inan

1. pollen
2. powder similar to pollen
3. indication, trace

Declension

Declension of pel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pel	pely
genitive	pelu	pelů
dative	pelu	pelům
accusative	pel	pely
vocative	pele	pely
locative	pelu	pelech
instrumental	pelem	pely

Further reading

• “pel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

pel

1. inflection of pellen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl]
• Rhymes: -pɛl, -ɛl, -l
• Hyphenation: pèl

Noun

pèl (plural pel-pel)

1. paper sheet

   Synonym: kertas

2. rag for mopping

Derived terms

• dipel
• mengepel
• pengepel

• pel datar
• pel debu
• pel spons
• pel tali
• pel uap

Further reading

• “pel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: pel

Contraction

pel

1. (dated) contraction of per +‎ il
   • 1893, Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale, Fratelli Treves, page 414:

     Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti.

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   • 1953, Anna Maria Ortese, Il mare non bagna Napoli:

     Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa.

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Noun

pel m (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of pelo