rafel
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rafel m (plural rafels)
Further reading edit
- “rafel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. English ravel is believed to be a borrowing from Dutch.
Noun edit
rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: rafel
Etymology 2 edit
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. Doublet of raffle.
Noun edit
rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)