veel
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
veel (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of veal
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)
- (nonstandard, Britain) feel
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- To Veel. v. To feel.
- Veel’d. part. Felt.
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
veel (plural veels)
QuotationsEdit
- 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
- But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
- 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
- Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
- Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.
- She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot
SynonymsEdit
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
DeterminerEdit
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
- Ons het nie veel perde nie.
- We don't have many horses.
SynonymsEdit
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
DeterminerEdit
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
Usage notesEdit
As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch. In formal style the inflected form vele may be used, but only for plurals or before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:
- Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.
- Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.
- Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.
- The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.
InflectionEdit
Inflection of veel | ||||
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uninflected | veel | |||
inflected | veel | |||
comparative | meer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | veel | meer | het meest het meeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | veel | meer | — |
n. sing. | veel | meer | — | |
plural | veel | meer | — | |
definite | vele | — | meeste | |
partitive | — | — | — |
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
PronounEdit
veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: veel
AdverbEdit
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
SynonymsEdit
- (frequently): vaak
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
veel
AnagramsEdit
Dutch Low SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
veel
AdjectiveEdit
veel
EstonianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.
AdverbEdit
veel
AnagramsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
veel
German Low GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
AdjectiveEdit
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
veel
ReferencesEdit
- Vitalij Chernyavskij, Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[1], 2005
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
veel (plural veles)
- veal (the meat of a calf)
- A calf (young cow)
- c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun:
- The ydolatiers of the golden veel.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vēl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin vitellus.
NounEdit
veel m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)
- calf (young cow or bull)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
- veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub