pelo

See also: Pelo and Appendix:Variations of "pelo"

Asturian

Etymology 1

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

Contraction

pelo n (masculine pel, feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

Etymology 2

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (mass of hairs)
2. fur

Related terms

• pelu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɛ.lo]

Verb

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pelo (“hair”), from Latin pilus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelo/, [ˈpe.lo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧lo

Noun

pelo

1. (anatomy) hair

French

Alternative forms

• pélo

Etymology

From Romani pelo (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.lo/

• Audio (France (Agen)):

  (file)

Noun

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. (slang) guy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend

   Synonyms: bougre, mec, gars, type

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelo/ [ˈpe.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: pe‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin pilus. As with the Portuguese cognate pelo, the preservation of single /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the result of analogy with cabelo < Latin capillus.

Noun

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (individual strand)

   Synonym: cabelo

2. hair (collectively, on the head)

   Synonym: cabelo

3. fur

   Synonyms: pelame, pelica

Derived terms

• pelame
• pelamio
• pelexa
• pelexar
• pelexo
• peluxe

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelar

Ido

Etymology

From Latin pellis.

Noun

pelo (plural peli)

1. skin

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦺꦭꦺꦴ (pélo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpelo/ [ˈpe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: pe‧lo

Adjective

pelo (comparative lebih pelo, superlative paling pelo)

1. having difficulties in pronouncing words correctly

   Synonyms: cadel, pelat, telor

Further reading

• “pelo”, 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): /ˈpe.lo/
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: pé‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

Noun

pelo m (plural peli)

1. hair (on the body)
2. surface (of water)
3. fur (on the body)
4. (vulgar, slang) woman's pubic hair; vulva
5. (vulgar, offensive, slang) group of sexy women

Related terms

• pelame
• peloso
• peluria
• spelare

See also

• capello

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelare

Anagrams

• olpe

Northern Sotho

Noun

pelo

1. heart

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

pelo

1. dog