bel
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
bel
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Named after Alexander Graham Bell.
NounEdit
bel (plural bels)
- A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bel (plural bels)
- Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”)
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).
NounEdit
bel m
Etymology 2Edit
From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).
NounEdit
bel m
AragoneseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bellus (“pretty”). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel m
- strange (in certain expressions)
DeterminerEdit
bel m
ReferencesEdit
- Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.
AzerbaijaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.
NounEdit
bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)
- (anatomy) back of the body
- (anatomy) small of the back
- (anatomy) waist
- Synonym: miyan
- (geography) saddleback, saddle, col
Derived termsEdit
- bel bağlamaq (“to rely on”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).
NounEdit
bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bel | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | bel |
bellr | ||||||
definite accusative | beln |
bellr | ||||||
dative | bely |
bellr | ||||||
locative | beld |
bellrd | ||||||
ablative | beldn |
bellrdn | ||||||
definite genitive | belnn |
bellrn |
Further readingEdit
- “bel” in Obastan.com.
BislamaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
bel
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bel
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
bel
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From belar (“to bleat”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bel m (plural bels)
Related termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
NounEdit
bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)
- bell
- (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)
NounEdit
bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
bel
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
see beau
AdjectiveEdit
bel
- form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound
Usage notesEdit
- used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ̃ bɛ.l‿ɔm/)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Named for Alexander Graham Bell
NounEdit
bel m (plural bels)
- bel (unit of sound intensity)
Further readingEdit
- “bel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
HausaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bêl m
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
bel
- bel (a unit of measurement)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bel | belek |
accusative | belt | beleket |
dative | belnek | beleknek |
instrumental | bellel | belekkel |
causal-final | belért | belekért |
translative | bellé | belekké |
terminative | belig | belekig |
essive-formal | belként | belekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | belben | belekben |
superessive | belen | beleken |
adessive | belnél | beleknél |
illative | belbe | belekbe |
sublative | belre | belekre |
allative | belhez | belekhez |
elative | belből | belekből |
delative | belről | belekről |
ablative | beltől | belektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
belé | beleké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
beléi | belekéi |
Possessive forms of bel | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | belem | beleim |
2nd person sing. | beled | beleid |
3rd person sing. | bele | belei |
1st person plural | belünk | beleink |
2nd person plural | beletek | beleitek |
3rd person plural | belük | beleik |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From bél.
NounEdit
bel
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- bel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bel and bel- in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)
- bel (measure of relative power)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)
VerbEdit
bèl
- (colloquial) To make phone call.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of bel (meng-, intransitive) | |||||
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Root | bel | ||||
Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
Active | mengebel | – | dibel | bel | bellah |
Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
Causative / Applicative1 | mengebelkan | – | dibelkan | belkan | belkanlah |
Causative | |||||
Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. |
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)
- (physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Further readingEdit
- “bel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel
- preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist”).
NounEdit
bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביל)
MaguindanaoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.
NounEdit
bel
MaranaoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.
NounEdit
bel
ReferencesEdit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel
- Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
- Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bel m (plural bels)
Derived termsEdit
- bel à balle (“ball court, ball park”)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Named after A. G. Bell.
NounEdit
bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)
- bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)
ReferencesEdit
- “bel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)
- graceful, elegant, courteous
- noble
- (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
- Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
- Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land
- Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
- handsome; beautiful
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.
NounEdit
bel m inan (abbreviation B)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
NounEdit
bel f
Further readingEdit
San Pablo Güilá ZapotecEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)
NounEdit
bel
- (San Pablo Güilá) fish
ReferencesEdit
- Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bȇl (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̑л)
- Alternative form of bȅo
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)
InflectionEdit
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | bél | béla | bélo |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | bél ind béli def |
béla | bélo |
genitive | bélega | béle | bélega |
dative | bélemu | béli | bélemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
bélo | bélo |
locative | bélem | béli | bélem |
instrumental | bélim | bélo | bélim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | béla | béli | béli |
genitive | bélih | bélih | bélih |
dative | bélima | bélima | bélima |
accusative | béla | béli | béli |
locative | bélih | bélih | bélih |
instrumental | bélima | bélima | bélima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | béli | béle | béla |
genitive | bélih | bélih | bélih |
dative | bélim | bélim | bélim |
accusative | béle | béle | béla |
locative | bélih | bélih | bélih |
instrumental | bélimi | bélimi | bélimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
See alsoEdit
bela | siva | črna |
rdeča; škrlatna | oranžna; rjava | rumena; krem |
svetlozelena, limeta | zelena | |
sinja, cian; turkizna | azurna | modra |
vijolična; indigo | magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila | roza, rožnata |
Further readingEdit
- “bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bel
- abdomen, belly (of a human)
- underside
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:
- Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.
- the fuselage of an airplane.
Derived termsEdit
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /bél/, “waist”).
NounEdit
bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)
DeclensionEdit
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Definite accusative | beli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | bel | beller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | beli | belleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | bele | bellere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | belde | bellerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | belden | bellerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | belin | bellerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology 2Edit
From Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).
NounEdit
bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)
ReferencesEdit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bel2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Turkic *bel.
NounEdit
bel
Derived termsEdit
TurkmenEdit
NounEdit
bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)
DeclensionEdit
UzbekEdit
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | бел (bel) |
Latin | bel |
Perso-Arabic |
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).
NounEdit
bel (plural bellar)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Persian بیل (bêl, “spade”).
NounEdit
bel (plural bellar)
DeclensionEdit
VolapükEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bel (nominative plural bels)
DeclensionEdit
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
WiyotEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bel
ReferencesEdit
- Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988