fuelle
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin follis, follem.
Noun edit
fuelle m (plural fuelles)
- bag (of bagpipes)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
fuelle
- Alternative form of fewell
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: fue‧lle
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin follem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Noun edit
fuelle m (plural fuelles)
- bellows (device for delivering pressurized air)
- (photography) bellows (enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back)
- the folding roof of a convertible vehicle
- bag (of bagpipes)
- stamina; steam
- 2023 November 12, Xosé Hermida, “La derecha despliega todas sus redes para deslegitimar a Sánchez”, in El País[1]:
- Vox, el partido que tomó vuelo con el procés y que había perdido fuelle a medida que este se desinflaba, ha hallado un balón de oxígeno.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
fuelle
- inflection of follar (“to blow with a bellows”):
Further reading edit
- “fuelle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014