felt
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- felte (archaic)
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”, adjective), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.
NounEdit
felt (countable and uncountable, plural felts)
- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
- It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
A troop of horse with felt.
- A hat made of felt.
- A felt-tip pen.
- 1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way (page 116)
- You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.
- 1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way (page 116)
- (obsolete) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
- To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
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VerbEdit
felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)
- (transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
- the same Wool , for instance , one Men felts it into a Hat, another weaves it into Cloth , another weaves it into Kersey or Serge
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.
- to felt the cylinder of a steam engine
- (transitive, poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Old English fēled, corresponding to feel + -ed.
VerbEdit
felt
- simple past tense and past participle of feel
AdjectiveEdit
felt (comparative more felt, superlative most felt)
- That has been experienced or perceived.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
- Conversions to Islam can therefore be a deeply felt aesthetic experience that rarely occurs in Christian accounts of conversion, which are generally the source rather than the result of a Christian experience of beauty.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
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DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Low German velt, from Old Saxon feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.
Gender changed by influence from mark.
NounEdit
felt c (singular definite felten, not used in plural form)
- field (the practical part of something)
- (e.g., sciences, military) field; an outlying area, as opposed to e.g. the lab, office or barracks
- 2017, Palle Lauring, Svenskekrige og enevoldsmagt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Han oplevede hele Tredveårskrigen i felten, fra først til sidst.
- He experienced all of the thirty-years war in the field, from the beginning to the end.
- 1913, Anno 13 [i.e. tretten]: Tysklands rejsning mod Napoleon for 100 år siden
- Han var rykket i Felten som Kaptain og Kompagnifører, men var dog nu blevet forfremmet til Major, ...
- He had deployed as a captain and a company-leader, but had now been promoted to major, ...
- Han var rykket i Felten som Kaptain og Kompagnifører, men var dog nu blevet forfremmet til Major, ...
- 1986, Johannes Møllehave, Vor tids tid: nutidige og utidige tids- og tankespring
- Efter anden verdenskrig skrev Theodor W. Adorno: »Bemærkede man da ikke ved krigsslutningen, at folk kom stumme tilbage fra felten?
- 2012, Daniel Silva, Portræt af en spion: En Gabriel Allon-roman, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
- Han overvågede Sovjetunionens sammenbrud, ikke ude fra felten, men fra et komfortabelt kontor i Langley, ...
- He surveyed the collapse of the Soviet Union, not from the field, but from a comfortable office in Langley, ...
- 1918, Georg Friedrich Nicolai, Krigens Biologi
- ... Officerer og Mandskab, som vendte hjem fra Felten, ...
- 1986, Grønland: årsberetning
- I felten blev der ikke observeret nogen torske larver i prøverne, ...
- In the field, no cod larvae were observed in the samples, ...
- I felten blev der ikke observeret nogen torske larver i prøverne, ...
- 1993, Danmarks geologiske undersøgelse, Årsberetning for ... ; Arbejdsprogram ...
- En af instituttets vigtigste opgaver i forbindelse med geologiske undersøgelser er dataindsamling i felten.
- One of the institute's most important tasks relating to the geological surveys is data collection in the field.
- En af instituttets vigtigste opgaver i forbindelse med geologiske undersøgelser er dataindsamling i felten.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From German Feld, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.
NounEdit
felt n (singular definite feltet, plural indefinite felter)
InflectionEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- “felt” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “felt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
felt (plural feltes)
- Felted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt.
- A piece of headgear made from felted fabric; a felt hat.
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “felt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt or felter, definite plural felta or feltene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Low German velt.
NounEdit
felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable)
- field (in the military sense)
Derived termsEdit
- feltarbeid (from English)
- feltprest
- feltrasjon
- felttog
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
felt
- past participle of felle
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt, definite plural felta)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Low German velt.
NounEdit
felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable)
- field (in the military sense)
Derived termsEdit
- feltarbeid (from English)
- feltprest
- feltrasjon
- felttog
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
felt
- past participle of fella
ReferencesEdit
- “felt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþą.
NounEdit
felt n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
- Middle Dutch: velt
Further readingEdit
- “felt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *felt.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
felt m
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DescendantsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
felt n
YolaEdit
VerbEdit
felt
- simple past tense of vill
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 40