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bel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"

Translingual Edit

Symbol Edit

bel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian.

English Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun Edit

bel (plural bels)

  1. A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit

References Edit

  • Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

bel (plural bels)

  1. Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”)

Anagrams Edit

Albanian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).

Noun Edit

bel m

  1. (anatomy) waist

Etymology 2 Edit

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun Edit

bel m

  1. spade

Aragonese Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bellus (“pretty”). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

bel m

  1. strange (in certain expressions)

Determiner Edit

bel m

  1. any, anyone

References Edit

  • Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 88, 232.

Azerbaijani Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun Edit

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. (anatomy) back of the body
    Synonyms: dal, arxa
    Belim ağrıyır. ― My back hurts.
    uşaqlığı at belində keçən adam ― a person whose childhood has passed on the back of a horse.
  2. (anatomy) small of the back
  3. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: miyan
  4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun Edit

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. spade

Declension Edit

    Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel
 bellr
definite accusative beln
 bellr
dative bely
 bellr
locative beld
 bellrd
ablative beldn
 bellrdn
definite genitive belnn
 bellrn
    Possessive forms of bel
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belm bellrm
sənin (“your”) beln bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”) bels bellr
bizim (“our”) belmz bellrmz
sizin (“your”) belnz bellrnz
onların (“their”) bels or bellr bellr
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belm bellrm
sənin (“your”) beln bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”) belsn bellrn
bizim (“our”) belmz bellrmz
sizin (“your”) belnz bellrnz
onların (“their”) belsn or bellrn bellrn
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belm bellrm
sənin (“your”) beln bellrn
onun (“his/her/its”) belsn bellrn
bizim (“our”) belmz bellrmz
sizin (“your”) belnz bellrnz
onların (“their”) belsn or bellrn bellrn
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belmd bellrmd
sənin (“your”) belnd bellrnd
onun (“his/her/its”) belsnd bellrnd
bizim (“our”) belmzd bellrmzd
sizin (“your”) belnzd bellrnzd
onların (“their”) belsnd or bellrnd bellrnd
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belmdn bellrmdn
sənin (“your”) belndn bellrndn
onun (“his/her/its”) belsndn bellrndn
bizim (“our”) belmzdn bellrmzdn
sizin (“your”) belnzdn bellrnzdn
onların (“their”) belsndn or bellrndn bellrndn
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) belmn bellrmn
sənin (“your”) belnn bellrnn
onun (“his/her/its”) belsnn bellrnn
bizim (“our”) belmzn bellrmzn
sizin (“your”) belnzn bellrnzn
onların (“their”) belsnn or bellrnn bellrnn

Further reading Edit

  • “bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From English bell.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. bell

Etymology 2 Edit

From English belly.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. belly

Etymology 3 Edit

From English bale.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. bale

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

From belar (“to bleat”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bel m (plural bels)

  1. baa, bleat

Related terms Edit

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

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.

Noun Edit

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bell
  2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bèl
  • → Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2 Edit

Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)

Noun Edit

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bubble
    Synonym: bubbel
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb Edit

bel

  1. inflection of bellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

see beau

Adjective Edit

bel

  1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound
Usage notes Edit
  • 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 terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun Edit

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity)
Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

Anagrams Edit

Hausa Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bêl m

  1. belt
  2. seatbelt

Hungarian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From English bel.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. bel (a unit of measurement)
Declension Edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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
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 terms Edit
Compound words

Etymology 2 Edit

From bél.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)
Related terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • 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)

Icelandic Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

  1. bel (measure of relative power)

Declension Edit

declension of bel
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bel belið bel belin
accusative bel belið bel belin
dative beli belinu belum belunum
genitive bels belsins bela belanna

Related terms Edit

Indonesian Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Hyphenation: bèl

Noun Edit

bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. bell
    Synonym: lonceng

Verb Edit

bèl

  1. (colloquial) To make phone call.
Conjugation Edit
Conjugation of bel (meng-, intransitive)
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 terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • Hyphenation: bêl

Noun Edit

bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. (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 reading Edit

Italian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

bel

  1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Ladino Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist”).

Noun Edit

bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביל‎)

  1. (anatomy) waist

Maguindanao Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. smoke

Maranao Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. smoke

References Edit

Middle English Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective Edit

bel

  1. Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
  2. Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms Edit

References Edit

Norman Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun Edit

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
  2. (Jersey) farmyard

Derived terms Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun Edit

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

  1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Norse bil.

Noun Edit

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

  1. moment, instant
  2. gap, space

References Edit

Old French Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

  1. graceful, elegant, courteous
  2. noble
  3. (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
  4. handsome; beautiful

Declension Edit

Declension of bel
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject biax or biaus bele bel
Oblique bel bele bel
Plural Subject bel beles bel
Oblique biax or biaus beles bel

Related terms Edit

Descendants Edit

Old Occitan Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin bellus.

Adjective Edit

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

  1. beautiful

Polish Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun Edit

bel m inan (abbreviation B)

  1. bel
Declension Edit
Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel bele
genitive bela beli
dative belowi belom
accusative bel bele
instrumental belem belami
locative belu belach
vocative belu bele

Etymology 2 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun Edit

bel f

  1. genitive plural of bela

Further reading Edit

  • bel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun Edit

bel

  1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References Edit

  • Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

bȇl (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̑л)

  1. Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)

  1. white

Inflection Edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
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 also Edit

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)
     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 reading Edit

  • “bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin Edit

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Etymology Edit

From English belly.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
  2. 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.
      →New International Version translation
  3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms Edit

Turkish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠‎ (b²il² /⁠bél⁠/, “waist”).

Noun Edit

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. waist
Declension Edit
Inflection
Nominative bel
Definite accusative beli
Singular Plural
Nominative bel beller
Definite accusative beli belleri
Dative bele bellere
Locative belde bellerde
Ablative belden bellerden
Genitive belin bellerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular belim bellerim
2nd singular belin bellerin
3rd singular beli belleri
1st plural belimiz bellerimiz
2nd plural beliniz belleriniz
3rd plural belleri belleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimi bellerimi
2nd singular belini bellerini
3rd singular belini bellerini
1st plural belimizi bellerimizi
2nd plural belinizi bellerinizi
3rd plural bellerini bellerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular belime bellerime
2nd singular beline bellerine
3rd singular beline bellerine
1st plural belimize bellerimize
2nd plural belinize bellerinize
3rd plural bellerine bellerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimde bellerimde
2nd singular belinde bellerinde
3rd singular belinde bellerinde
1st plural belimizde bellerimizde
2nd plural belinizde bellerinizde
3rd plural bellerinde bellerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular belimden bellerimden
2nd singular belinden bellerinden
3rd singular belinden bellerinden
1st plural belimizden bellerimizden
2nd plural belinizden bellerinizden
3rd plural bellerinden bellerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular belimin bellerimin
2nd singular belinin bellerinin
3rd singular belinin bellerinin
1st plural belimizin bellerimizin
2nd plural belinizin bellerinizin
3rd plural bellerinin bellerinin

Etymology 2 Edit

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “spade”), variant of بیل‎ (bil), from Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun Edit

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. (dated) spade

References Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Turkic *bel.

Noun Edit

bel

  1. mark, sign
Derived terms Edit

Turkmen Edit

Noun Edit

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)

Declension Edit

Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel beller
accusative beli belleri
genitive beliň belleriň
dative bele bellere
locative belde bellerde
ablative belden bellerden

Uzbek Edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic бел (bel)‍
Latin bel‍
Perso-Arabic
 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).

Noun Edit

bel (plural bellar)

  1. waistline
Declension Edit
Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel bellar
genitive belning bellarning
dative belga bellarga
definite accusative belni bellarni
locative belda bellarda
ablative beldan bellardan
Possessive forms of bel
my singular plural
nominative belim bellarim
genitive belimning bellarimning
dative belimga bellarimga
definite accusative belimni bellarimni
locative belimda bellarimda
ablative belimdan bellarimdan
your singular plural
nominative beling bellaring
genitive belingning bellaringning
dative belingga bellaringga
definite accusative belingni bellaringni
locative belingda bellaringda
ablative belingdan bellaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative beli bellari
genitive belining bellarining
dative beliga bellariga
definite accusative belini bellarini
locative belida bellarida
ablative belidan bellaridan
our singular plural
nominative belimiz bellarimiz
genitive belimizning bellarimizning
dative belimizga bellarimizga
definite accusative belimizni bellarimizni
locative belimizda bellarimizda
ablative belimizdan bellarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative belingiz bellaringiz
genitive belingizning bellaringizning
dative belingizga bellaringizga
definite accusative belingizni bellaringizni
locative belingizda bellaringizda
ablative belingizdan bellaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative beli bellari
genitive belining bellarining
dative beliga bellariga
definite accusative belini bellarini
locative belida bellarida
ablative belidan bellaridan

Etymology 2 Edit

From Persian بیل‎ (bêl, “spade”).

Noun Edit

bel (plural bellar)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension Edit
Declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel bellar
genitive belning bellarning
dative belga bellarga
definite accusative belni bellarni
locative belda bellarda
ablative beldan bellardan
Possessive forms of bel
my singular plural
nominative belim bellarim
genitive belimning bellarimning
dative belimga bellarimga
definite accusative belimni bellarimni
locative belimda bellarimda
ablative belimdan bellarimdan
your singular plural
nominative beling bellaring
genitive belingning bellaringning
dative belingga bellaringga
definite accusative belingni bellaringni
locative belingda bellaringda
ablative belingdan bellaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative beli bellari
genitive belining bellarining
dative beliga bellariga
definite accusative belini bellarini
locative belida bellarida
ablative belidan bellaridan
our singular plural
nominative belimiz bellarimiz
genitive belimizning bellarimizning
dative belimizga bellarimizga
definite accusative belimizni bellarimizni
locative belimizda bellarimizda
ablative belimizdan bellarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative belingiz bellaringiz
genitive belingizning bellaringizning
dative belingizga bellaringizga
definite accusative belingizni bellaringizni
locative belingizda bellaringizda
ablative belingizdan bellaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative beli bellari
genitive belining bellarining
dative beliga bellariga
definite accusative belini bellarini
locative belida bellarida
ablative belidan bellaridan

Volapük Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun Edit

bel (nominative plural bels)

  1. mountain

Declension Edit

declension of bel
singular plural
nominative bel bels
genitive bela belas
dative bele beles
accusative beli belis
vocative 1 o bel! o bels!
predicative 2 belu belus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

  1. bell
  2. doorbell

Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot Edit

Adjective Edit

bel

  1. flat, wide

References Edit

  • Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988
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