See also: anèl and anël

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel m (plural anels)

  1. ring

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (finger ring). Compare the inherited form elo.

Noun

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anel m (plural aneis)

  1. ring (small metal object)
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel oblique singularm (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)

  1. ring (small metal torus-shaped object)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger

Descendants

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  • Middle French: anneau
  • Walloon: anea

Portuguese

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anel

Alternative forms

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  • annel (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (finger ring). Doublet of elo, which was inherited. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.

Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: a‧nel

Noun

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anel m (plural anéis)

  1. ring (round piece of metal worn around the finger)
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 96:
      — Peço que me escutem! como sou o unico pobre que aqui está, e como todas as circumstancias são em meu desfavor, podem julgar que fui eu que roubei esse annel.
      I ask that you listen to me! as I am the only poor person standing here, and as the circumstances are against me, you can determine that I was the one who stole this ring.
  2. (colloquial) anus; ringpiece
  3. (botany) annulus
    Synonym: ânulo
  4. (mycology) annulus
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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun

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anel m (plural anels)

  1. (Surmiran) ring