zel

zel (plural zels)

1. Alternative form of zill.

• Lez, lez

Borrowed from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

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

zel m (plural zels)

1. fervor, zeal
2. heat, estrus

• gelós

• “zel”, 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
• “zel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “zel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛl]

zel n

1. genitive plural of zlo

zel

1. inflection of zelt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

zel

1. alternative form of zele

• zele

Borrowed from Latin zēlus.

zel m (uncountable)

1. zeal

Borrowed from French zèle.

zel n (uncountable)

1. zeal (fervor or devotion)

   Synonyms: râvnă, sârguință, ardoare

• zelos

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

• IPA^(key): /zə́ʋ/

zə̏ł (comparative zlȇjši, superlative nȁjzlȇjši)

1. evil

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /zéːʋ/

zẹ̑ł f

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) green plant

• “zel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Arabic ذَال (ḏāl).

zel

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ذ