pel

pel (plural pels)

1. (dated) pixel

• megapel

• 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)

1. alternative spelling of pêl

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

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

1. by means of the

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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pel m sg (masculine plural pels)

1. contraction of per el

• “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.

• pyl

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

pel m inan

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

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

pel

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

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

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

pèl (plural pel-pel)

1. paper sheet

   Synonym: kertas

2. rag for mopping

• “pel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

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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pel m (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of pelo

From Proto-Iranian *warkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *walkás (“bark, leaf”).

pel m

1. leaf

• bel, belg, pelg

Compare Central Kurdish پۆل (pol), پۆلوو (polû, “ember”), Middle Armenian պող (poġ).

p’el ?^[1]

1. firebrand, smouldering piece of wood, charred wood, live coal; ember

• p’el, pol

From Old Frisian pēl, from Latin palus.

pel m (definite singular pelen, indefinite plural peler, definite plural pelene)

1. (construction) a pile

• pæl

• “pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpel/

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From Latin pilus.

pel m (plural pels)

1. hair

Contraction of per lo.

pel

1. for the

From Latin pellis, pellem.

pel oblique singular, f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels)

1. skin
2. pelisse (garment made from sewing together skins)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 96, line 877:

     Unes pels fist de barbes granz

     he made a pelisse out of these great beards

• pelette
  • → English: pelt

• Angevin: piau
• Bourguignon: peâ
• Champenois: pé, piau
• Franc-Comtois: pée
• Middle French: peau
  • French: peau
• Norman: pé
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: pea
• Picard: pieu, piau
• Walloon: pea

From Proto-West Germanic *pāli, variant of *pāl, *pālu, borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognates include Old English pāl and Old Dutch pāl. Doublet of pāl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːl/, [ˈpɛːl]

pēl m

1. pole

• North Frisian: pil
• Saterland Frisian: Peel

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

pel m pl (Bassa Romagna)

1. plural of pèla (“pier”)

• pijel

pel

1. to drink

• chuchi pel