veel
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
veel (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of veal
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
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 3 edit
Noun edit
veel (plural veels)
Quotations edit
- 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 terms edit
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
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
Synonyms edit
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
Determiner edit
veel
- (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
- Ons het nie veel perde nie.
- We don't have many horses.
Synonyms edit
- baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Determiner edit
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
Usage notes edit
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.
Inflection edit
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 | — | — | — |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Pronoun edit
veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: veel
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fele
- Javindo: feel, peel
- Jersey Dutch: fœl
- Negerhollands: veel
- Skepi Creole Dutch: fail
Adverb edit
veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)
Synonyms edit
- (frequently): vaak
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
veel
- inflection of velen:
Anagrams edit
Dutch Low Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
veel
Adjective edit
veel
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.
Adverb edit
veel (not comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
veel
Anagrams edit
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
veel
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
Adjective edit
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)
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeːl/, [ˈʋeːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeːl/, [ˈʋe̝ːl]
- Rhymes: -eːl
- Hyphenation: veel
Adverb edit
veel
- still
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
- Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
- nevertheless
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
- Talveel pessii kylmääl veel.
- In the cold winter wash yourself nevertheless.
- also, too
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
- Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
- Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
- 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri[2], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
- Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
- This is the Savimäki village and then there's also the Hammala village.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋe.el/, [ˈʋe̞.e̞lʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋe.el/, [ˈʋe̞.e̞l]
- Rhymes: -e.el
- Hyphenation: ve‧el
Noun edit
veel
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 660
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 quotation)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “vēl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- vedel (archaic)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin vitellus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veel oblique singular, 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)
Descendants edit
References edit
- 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
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *veelä.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
veel
References edit
- Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “veelä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn