veel

See also: ve'el

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

veel (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of veal

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) feel
   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

     To Veel. v. To feel.

     Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

veel (plural veels)

1. (nonstandard, Britain) field

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

• veelvare

AnagramsEdit

• EVEL, elev., elve, vele

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -eːl
• IPA^(key): /veːl/

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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

DeterminerEdit

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. many, much

InflectionEdit

Inflection of veel
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

• weinig

Derived termsEdit

• hoeveel
• veelal
• veelheid
• veelhoek
• veels
• veelst
• veler
• velerlei
• zoveel

PronounEdit

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

1. much, a lot

   Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.

   From here I can see a lot.

AntonymsEdit

• weinig

AdverbEdit

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

1. much
2. often, frequently

SynonymsEdit

• (frequently): vaak

AntonymsEdit

• weinig
• (frequency): zelden

Derived termsEdit

• veelgebruikt

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

veel

1. first-person singular present indicative of velen
2. imperative of velen

AnagramsEdit

• leve, vele

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Dutch Low SaxonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• völle

EtymologyEdit

Cognate to German viel.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /feˑl/

AdverbEdit

veel

1. much

AdjectiveEdit

veel

1. much, many

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

AdverbEdit

veel

1. yet, still

AnagramsEdit

• elev

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German Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• vel
• (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) vęl; vääl (väl)

EtymologyEdit

Cognate to German viel.

AdverbEdit

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much

   (Low Prussian) veel to lat

   much too late

AdjectiveEdit

veel

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)

   (Low Prussian) veel Melk

   a lot of milk

2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)

   (Low Prussian) veele Kinga

   many children

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IngrianEdit

AdverbEdit

veel

1. yet

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• veele, vele, veale

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vɛːl/, /vɛl/

NounEdit

veel (plural veles)

1. veal (the meat of a calf)
2. A calf (young cow)
   • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun

     The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

DescendantsEdit

• English: veal
• Scots: veal, veall, vale

ReferencesEdit

• “vēl(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.

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Old FrenchEdit

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)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

DescendantsEdit

• English: veal (borrowed)
• French: veau

ReferencesEdit

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (veel, supplement)
• veel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub