wafel

Inherited from Middle Dutch wafel, wafele, wavel, from Old Dutch *wāvila, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”) (whence Dutch weven (“to weave”) and English weave).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːfəl/

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wafel m (plural wafels, diminutive wafeltje n)

1. waffle
2. wafer

• siroopwafel
• stroopwafel
• wafelbak
• wafelijzer

Borrowed from German Waffel. Doublet of gofr (“waffle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.fɛl/

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• Rhymes: -afɛl
• Syllabification: wa‧fel

wafel m inan (diminutive wafelek)

1. wafer (flat biscuit)

   Synonym: andrut

• wafel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wafel in Polish dictionaries at PWN