anel
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).
Noun edit
anel m (plural anels)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited form elo.
Noun edit
anel m (plural aneis)
- ring (small metal object)
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Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).
Noun edit
anel oblique singular, m (oblique plural aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative singular aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative plural anel)
- ring (small metal torus-shaped object)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.
Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anel m (plural anéis)
- ring (small metal object)
- (colloquial) asshole; anus
- (botany) annulus
- Synonym: ânulo
- (mycology) annulus
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Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).
Noun edit
anel m (plural anels)