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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (gable), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, pinnacle, summit) and Middle High German gebel (skull) (from Old High German gebal (head, cranium)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.vəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧vel
  • Rhymes: -eːvəl

Noun

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gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n)

  1. (architecture) façade (of a building)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: gewel
  • Papiamentu: gevel, hevel (dated)
  • West Frisian: gevel

Further reading

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gebla(n)- ~ *gabla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒeƀ(e)lōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130