fele
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full.
Adverb edit
fele
- (dialectal or obsolete) Greatly, much, very
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
- For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere.
Adjective edit
fele (comparative feler, superlative felest)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Much; many.
- 1513, Gavin Douglas, Eneados:
- This cruel monstre, […] Infect with fell venoum;
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
- So fele shippes this yere there ware / That moch losse for vnfreyght they bare.
- So fele ships this year there were / that much loss for unfreight they bore.
- So fele shippes this yere there ware / That moch losse for vnfreyght they bare.
Derived terms edit
Pronoun edit
fele
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Postposition edit
fele
Etymology 2 edit
From the fel- stem of fél (“half”) + -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix).
Adjective edit
fele (not comparable)
- half (of the)
- A fele gond az enyém. ― Half (of) the trouble is mine.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
fele
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of fél: its half, half of…
- A pénz fele az enyém. ― Half of the money is mine.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | fele | — |
accusative | felét | — |
dative | felének | — |
instrumental | felével | — |
causal-final | feléért | — |
translative | felévé | — |
terminative | feléig | — |
essive-formal | feleként | — |
essive-modal | feléül | — |
inessive | felében | — |
superessive | felén | — |
adessive | felénél | — |
illative | felébe | — |
sublative | felére | — |
allative | feléhez | — |
elative | feléből | — |
delative | feléről | — |
ablative | felétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
feléé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
felééi | — |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- (noun sense; a derivative of fél (“its half”)): (2): fél 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
- (adjective): fele 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
- (postposition; dialectal alternative form of felé (“towards him/her/it”)): (1): felé 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
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.le/, [ˈfeːɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.le/, [ˈfɛːle]
Noun edit
fēle
References edit
- fele in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English fela, felu, from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
fele
- Many, much; an indefinite large number of or quantity.
- c. 1375, “Book II”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)[1], Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 5, verso, lines 240-242; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
- James off Dowglas þat wes ſyne / Þ[at] yheyt þan wes bot litill off my[ch]t / And oþir fele folk foꝛſye in fy[ch]t […]
- James of Douglas was next; / [he] was then only weak in power / and many other people, mighty in war […]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Pronoun edit
fele
- Many, much; an indefinite large number of or quantity.
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
fele
Descendants edit
Adverb edit
fele
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fēle, indef. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “fēle, adv..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old English fǣle, from Proto-West Germanic *failī, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fele (uncommon)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fēle, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
A back-formation from felen (“to feel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fele (uncountable) (rare, Northern)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fẹ̄le, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
fele
- Alternative form of felawe
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
fele
- Alternative form of felen (“to feel”)
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fele m (plural [please provide])
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 140: “il fiele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “fèle”, in Schedario Napoletano
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fiðla. Compare English fiddle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fele f or m (definite singular fela or felen, indefinite plural feler, definite plural felene)
- a violin
- a fiddle; any form of stringed instrument
Synonyms edit
- (violin): fiolin
Derived terms edit
References edit
“fele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fele f (definite singular fela, indefinite plural feler, definite plural felene)
- a violin
- a fiddle; any form of stringed instrument
Synonyms edit
- (violin): fiolin
Derived terms edit
References edit
“fele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish edit
Verb edit
fele (relative)
- Alternative form of fil
Spanish edit
Verb edit
fele
- inflection of felar: