peli
See also: pelí, pełi, péłi, and pěli
Catalan
Noun
peli f (plural pelis)
- Clipping of pel·lícula.
Verb
peli
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of pelar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of pelar
- third-person singular imperative form of pelar
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pellō.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈpeli]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: pe‧li
Verb
peli (present pelas, past pelis, future pelos, conditional pelus, volitive pelu)
- (transitive) to drive, to propel
Inflection
Conjugation of peli
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Derived terms
- alpeli
- dispeli
- elpeli
- forpeli
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
- game (activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment)
- (sports) match, game; (tennis) game
- (especially in compounds) tool, means, implement, vehicle
- ajopeli, kulkupeli, ankkuripeli ― (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; (dialectal or humorous) vehicle; anchor windlass
- (slang) wheels (automobile)
- Kiva peli!
- Nice wheels!
- Kiva peli!
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)
- feeder, feeding bottle, baby's bottle
- flask, small bottle
- quarter of a litre
- Nennirðu að kaupa pela af rjóma?
- Could you buy a quarter of dairy cream?
- Nennirðu að kaupa pela af rjóma?
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
- game
- 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
- plural of pelo
Verb
peli
- inflection of pelare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- pile, plié
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese pele.
Noun
peli
- skin
Latvian
Noun
peli f
- accusative singular form of pele
- instrumental singular form of pele
Lindu
Noun
peli
- (anatomy) cheek
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeli/ [ˈpe.li]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Syllabification: pe‧li
Noun
peli f (plural pelis)
- (colloquial) Clipping of película, movie (US, Canada), film
Further reading
- “peli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014