peli

See also: pelí, pełi, péłi, and pěli

Catalan

Noun

peli f (plural pelis)

1. Clipping of pel·lícula.

Verb

peli

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of pelar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of pelar
3. third-person singular imperative form of pelar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeli]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: pe‧li

Verb

peli (present pelas, past pelis, future pelos, conditional pelus, volitive pelu)

1. (transitive) to drive, to propel

Inflection

Conjugation of peli present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense pelas pelis pelos active participle pelanta pelantaj pelinta pelintaj pelonta pelontaj acc. pelantan pelantajn pelintan pelintajn pelontan pelontajn passive participle pelata pelataj pelita pelitaj pelota pelotaj acc. pelatan pelatajn pelitan pelitajn pelotan pelotajn nominal active participle pelanto pelantoj pelinto pelintoj pelonto pelontoj acc. pelanton pelantojn pelinton pelintojn pelonton pelontojn nominal passive participle pelato pelatoj pelito pelitoj peloto pelotoj acc. pelaton pelatojn peliton pelitojn peloton pelotojn adverbial active participle pelante pelinte pelonte adverbial passive participle pelate pelite pelote infinitive peli imperative pelu conditional pelus

Derived terms

• alpeli
• dispeli
• elpeli
• forpeli
• pelilo

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish spel (“game, play”), from Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil and Old Saxon spil, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *spil, in which case a doublet of pila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/, [ˈpe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧li

Noun

peli

1. game (activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment)
2. (sports) match, game; (tennis) game
3. (especially in compounds) tool, means, implement, vehicle

   ajopeli, kulkupeli, ankkuripeli ― (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; anchor windlass

4. (slang) wheels (automobile)

   Kiva peli!

   Nice wheels!

Declension

Inflection of peli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		peli	pelit
genitive		pelin	pelien
partitive		peliä	pelejä
illative		peliin	peleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peli	pelit
accusative	nom.	peli	pelit
	gen.	pelin
genitive		pelin	pelien
partitive		peliä	pelejä
inessive		pelissä	peleissä
elative		pelistä	peleistä
illative		peliin	peleihin
adessive		pelillä	peleillä
ablative		peliltä	peleiltä
allative		pelille	peleille
essive		pelinä	peleinä
translative		peliksi	peleiksi
instructive		—	pelein
abessive		pelittä	peleittä
comitative		—	peleineen

Possessive forms of peli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pelini	pelimme
2nd person	pelisi	pelinne
3rd person	pelinsä

Derived terms

• kaikki peliin
• kaikki pelissä
• pelaaja
• pelata
• pelillistää
• pelittää
• peluri

Compounds

• ajopeli
• ankkuripeli
• hevospeli
• nollasummapeli
• kulkupeli
• käsipelillä
• pallopeli
• pelihimo
• pelikortti
• pelimies
• pelinrakentaja
• peliteoria
• silmäpeli
• teerenpeli
• tietokonepeli

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish pægl (“half pint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːlɪ

Noun

peli m (genitive singular pela, nominative plural pelar)

1. feeder, feeding bottle, baby's bottle
2. flask, small bottle
3. quarter of a litre

   Nennirðu að kaupa pela af rjóma?

   Could you buy a quarter of dairy cream?

Declension

declension of peli

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	peli	pelinn	pelar	pelarnir
accusative	pela	pelann	pela	pelana
dative	pela	pelanum	pelum	pelunum
genitive	pela	pelans	pela	pelanna

Synonyms

• (baby's bottle): barnapeli
• (small bottle): lítil flaska
• (quarter litre): fjórðungur lítra

Derived terms

• barnapeli
• barnspeli
• brennivínspeli
• drekka úr pela, drekka úr pelanum
• ferðapeli
• fjallpeli
• gefa barni pela
• koníakspeli
• mjólkurpeli
• nestispeli
• réttapeli
• réttarpeli
• rjómapeli
• sjúga pelann
• totta pelann
• pela-
• pelabarn
• vasapeli

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish spel, probably via Finnish peli.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/, [ˈpe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/, [ˈpe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: pe‧li

Noun

peli

1. game
2. difficult task

Declension

Declension of peli (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	peli	pelit
genitive	pelin	pelliin, pelilöin
partitive	pelliä	pelijä, pelilöjä
illative	pellii	pellii, pelilöihe
inessive	pelis	peliis, pelilöis
elative	pelist	peliist, pelilöist
allative	pelille	peliille, pelilöille
adessive	pelil	peliil, pelilöil
ablative	pelilt	peliilt, pelilöilt
translative	peliks	peliiks, pelilöiks
essive	pelinnä, pelliin	peliinnä, pelilöinnä, pelliin, pelilöin
exessive1)	pelint	peliint, pelilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (game): tiukku

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 396

Italian

Noun

peli m

1. plural of pelo

Verb

peli

1. inflection of pelare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pile, plié

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese pele.

Noun

peli

1. skin

Latvian

Noun

peli f

1. accusative singular form of pele
2. instrumental singular form of pele

Lindu

Noun

peli

1. (anatomy) cheek

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeli/ [ˈpe.li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification: pe‧li

Noun

peli f (plural pelis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of película, movie (US, Canada), film

Further reading

• “peli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014