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vel

See also: vel-, -vel, vél, vėl, vēl, veļ, and vęl

English Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).

Noun Edit

vel

  1. (logic) The ∨ symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.[1]

References Edit

  1. ^ Sainsbury, Mark (2001). Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic. Blackwell Publishing. p. 55.

Anagrams Edit

Afrikaans Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-.

Noun Edit

vel (plural velle, diminutive velletjie)

  1. A skin, a hide.
  2. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.
  3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).

Etymology 2 Edit

From Dutch vellen, from Middle Dutch vellen, from Old Dutch *fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną.

Verb Edit

vel (present vel, present participle vellende, past participle gevel)

  1. (transitive) To fell.
  2. (transitive, of verdicts, opinions) To decide, to pronounce.

Albanian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Albanian *wala, Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, twist”). From the same root of vjell and vjel.

Verb Edit

vel (first-person singular past tense vela, participle velur)

  1. to overeat, eat too much
Conjugation Edit
Standard Albanian conjugation of vel (active voice)

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participle velur
gerund duke velur
infinitive për të velur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present vel vel vel velim velni velin
imperfect velja velje velte velnim velnit velnin
aorist vela vele veli velëm velët velën
perfect kam velur ke velur ka velur kemi velur keni velur kanë velur
past perfect kisha velur kishe velur kishte velur kishim velur kishit velur kishin velur
aorist II pata velur pate velur pati velur patëm velur patët velur patën velur
future1 do të vel do të velësh do të velë do të velim do të velni do të velin
future perfect2 do të kem velur do të kesh velur do të ketë velur do të kemi velur do të keni velur do të kenë velur
subjunctive present të vel të velësh të velë të velim të velni të velin
imperfect të velja të velje të velte të velnim të velnit të velnin
perfect të kem velur të kesh velur të ketë velur të kemi velur të keni velur të kenë velur
past perfect të kisha velur të kishe velur të kishte velur të kishim velur të kishit velur të kishin velur
conditional1, 2 imperfect do të velja do të velje do të velte do të velnim do të velnit do të velnin
past perfect do të kisha velur do të kishe velur do të kishte velur do të kishim velur do të kishit velur do të kishin velur
optative present velsha velsh veltë velshim velshit velshin
perfect paça velur paç velur pastë velur paçim velur paçit velur paçin velur
admirative present velkam velke velka velkemi velkeni velkan
imperfect velkësha velkëshe velkësh velkëshim velkëshit velkëshin
perfect paskam velur paske velur paska velur paskemi velur paskeni velur paskan velur
past perfect paskësha velur paskëshe velur paskësh velur paskëshim velur paskëshit velur paskëshin velur
imperative present — vel — — velni —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect
Related terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from Latin vēlum.

Noun Edit

vel m

  1. veil

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Old Catalan vel, from Latin vēlum. Compare Occitan vel, French voile, Spanish velo.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vel m (plural vels)

  1. veil

Related terms Edit

References Edit

Cornish Edit

Noun Edit

vel

  1. Soft mutation of mel.

Czech Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. second-person singular imperative of velet

Danish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Danish væl, from Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela (“well”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

vel

  1. well
  2. I suppose, maybe
    Der er vel noget sandhed i det.
    I suppose there is some truth in it.

Interjection Edit

vel

  1. (used as a tag question) is it the case
    Der er ikke slanger, vel?
    There aren't any snakes, are there?
    Du er ikke sur på mig, vel?
    You are not angry with me, are you?

Antonyms Edit

References Edit

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: vel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek πέλλα; cognate with German Fell.

Noun Edit

vel n (plural vellen, diminutive velletje n)

  1. A skin, a hide.
    Haar velletje zat tussen de deur.
    Her skin was caught in the door.
  2. A fur, a pelt.
    Tientallen vellen van beren en wolven lagen opeengestapeld.
    Tens of pelts of bears and wolves had been stacked on each other.
  3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page).
    Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier
    The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.
  4. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk.
    Deze saus moet niet te lang koken, anders ontstaan er vellen.
    This sauce shouldn't boil for too long or else membranes will appear.
  5. A rag, a shred.
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
  • Afrikaans: vel
  • Jersey Dutch: vääl
  • Negerhollands: vel, fel
  • → Indonesian: pel

Etymology 2 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb Edit

vel

  1. inflection of vellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

References Edit

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
  • Franck, Johannes (1892) Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch Low Saxon Edit

Adverb Edit

vel

  1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective Edit

vel

  1. Alternative spelling of veel

Faroese Edit

Noun Edit

vel n (genitive singular vels, plural vel)

  1. tail (of a bird)

Declension Edit

Declension of vel
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vel velið vel velini
accusative vel velið vel velini
dative veli velinum velum velunum
genitive vels velsins vela velanna

German Low German Edit

Adverb Edit

vel

  1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective Edit

vel

  1. Alternative spelling of veel

Icelandic Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb Edit

vel (comparative betur, superlative best) (háttaratviksorð (“adverb of manner”))

  1. well
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. inflection of velja:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative singular

Ido Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin vel.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛl/
  • Hyphenation: vel

Conjunction Edit

vel

  1. (rare) and/or (inclusive "or")
    Ka vu volas manjor vel hamburger vel pizza?
    Do you want to eat a hamburger and/or a pizza?
    • 1914, Félix Mirot, La Langue Auxiliaire, page 90:
      Me certe prenos akompananto: vel mea frato, vel mea kuzo.
      I will certainly bring company: either my sibling and/or my cousin.

Usage notes Edit

After the adoption of the word by the Akademio in 1913-14, it didn't see much use. Those that actually used the word, didn't seem to use it correctly either. They recommended just using the exclusive for both (i.e. od and o), and by the following year, they proposed to annul the adoption. If they actually officially annulled the word is unknown.

See also Edit

Latin Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • ꝉ (abbreviation)
  • ƚ (abbreviation)
  • vƚ (abbreviation)
  • uƚ (abbreviation)

Etymology Edit

From earlier *well, from *wels, from *welsi (“you wish”), thus originally the second-person singular present active indicative form of volō (“I will, I wish”). The semantic development may have been helped by the fortuitous similarity to -ve.

Pronunciation Edit

Conjunction Edit

vel

  1. or; and/or
    • 2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus:
      In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.
      In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.
  2. even

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  • “vĕl”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vel”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “vel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 1. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • 2. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vĕl in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,651
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • “uel” on page 2,021–2,022 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “vel”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,068/1

Latvian Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. inflection of velt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Livonian Edit

Etymology Edit

Compare Estonian veel, Latvian vēl (“more, else, yet”). According to Karulis, Latvian vēl is an inherited word cognate with vēls (“late”), thus perhaps an old Baltic borrowing in Finnic languages; this is supported by EES.[1] Its use before jo, juo forming comparatives of adjectives[2] could be a more recent calque, cf., Latvian labāk (“better”) — vēl jo labāk (“the better, even better”).

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

ve'l

  1. more, else, yet
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
      mis sa vel äd tō!
      what do you think you're doing!? ~ what else will you come up with! (lit. "what else do you want [to come up with]!")
      alā ajjõ vanā kouv vizzõ, koņtš ūž vel äb ūo vaļmõz
      do not fill up the old well until a new one is not (yet) ready

References Edit

  1. ^ veel in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  2. ^ Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

Manx Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. present dependent form of bee

Usage notes Edit

  • Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Adverb Edit

vel

  1. well

Derived terms Edit

References Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Akin to English well.

Adverb Edit

vel

  1. well
  2. certainly, probably
    Ja, det er vel rett.
    Yes, that is probably true./Yes, I suppose that is true.
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. inflection of velja:
    1. present
    2. imperative

References Edit

Old High German Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old English fell.

Noun Edit

vel n

  1. A fur.

Descendants Edit

Old Norse Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Germanic *wela (“well”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Old English wel, Old Frisian wela, Old Saxon wela, Old High German wola, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila).

Adverb Edit

vel (comparative betr, superlative bazt)

  1. well
  2. easily
  3. fully, amply, largely

Descendants Edit

References Edit

  • “vel”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vel”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “vel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vel in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)

Piedmontese Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin vēlum.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

vel m (plural vej)

  1. veil

Related terms Edit

Polish Edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin vel.

Pronunciation Edit

Particle Edit

vel

  1. (with pseudonyms) AKA, alias
    Synonyms: aka, alias

Further reading Edit

  • vel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • vel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic велии (velii), from Proto-Slavic *velьjь.

Adjective Edit

vel m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (dated, historical) great (preceding a medieval rank in Wallachia or Moldavia)

Declension Edit

Declension of vel (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite vel vel vel vel
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite vel vel vel vel
definite — — — —

Further reading Edit

Volapük Edit

Volapük cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : vel
    Ordinal : velid

Numeral Edit

vel

  1. seven

Derived terms Edit

Yola Edit

Verb Edit

vel

  1. simple past tense of vall
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 19:
      A pipere vel bak lik own in a smote,
      The piper fell back like one well smitten,

References Edit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133
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