rafel

• rafec, rafet

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈfɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈfɛl]

rafel m (plural rafels)

1. piper gurnard

   Synonyms: garneu, rafelet, ase, clau, lluerna garneua, cutxo

• “rafel”, 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

Unknown. English ravel is believed to be a borrowing from Dutch.

rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)

1. frayed thread

• rafelen

• Afrikaans: rafel

Borrowed from Middle French rafle (“a type game played with three dice”), from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game, plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Old High German *raffalon, a frequentative of *raffon (modern German raffen). Related to rapen.

rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)

1. (archaic) type of game played with three dice
2. (archaic) a throw of three dice

• rafelsteen