wels
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Wels, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛls
Noun
editwels (plural wels)
- The wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
Anagrams
editCornish
editNoun
editwels
- Soft mutation of gwels.
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- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:English/ɛls
- Rhymes:English/ɛls/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Catfish
- Cornish non-lemma forms
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- Cornish soft-mutation forms