appel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɛl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɛl/, /ɑˈpɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
appel (plural appels)
- (fencing) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
Hypernyms
- (fencing): feint
Translations
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Verb
appel (third-person singular simple present appels, present participle appelling, simple past and past participle appelled)
- Obsolete spelling of appeal
Anagrams
- Apple, apple, pepla
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch appel, from Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch appel, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.pəl/
Audio (file)
Noun
appel (plural appels, diminutive appeltjie)
- apple
Derived terms
- pynappel
Descendants
- → Xhosa: i-apile
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑpəl/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧pel
- Rhymes: -ɑpəl
- Homophone: Appel
Noun
Apple
appel m (plural appels or appelen, diminutive appeltje n)
- apple, Malus domestica
- Synonym: ijsappel (Suriname)
- (Suriname) wax apple, Syzygium samarangense
Derived terms
- aagtappel
- appelaar
- appelboom
- appelboomgaard
- appelboor
- appelcider
- appelflap
- appelgebak
- appelgroen
- appelhof
- appelig
- appelijs
- appelmoes
- appelpunt
- appelsap
- appelsien
- appelspijs
- appeltaart
- appeltaartpunt
- appelteef
- appelwijn
- dennenappel
- doornappel
- emmerappel
- granaatappel
- handappel
- ijsappel
- pijnappel
- sinaasappel
- stoofappel
- twistappel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: appel
- → Xhosa: i-apile
- Berbice Creole Dutch: apl
- Jersey Dutch: āpel
- Negerhollands: apl
- → Loup A: abel
- → Mahican: ápenes (from the plural form)
- → Malay: apel (Indonesian)
- Indonesian: apêl
- →? Mohegan-Pequot: appece
- → Munsee: áapulash (from the plural form)
- → Papiamentu: apel, appel
- →? Sranan Tongo: apra
- → Arawak: apra
- → Caribbean Hindustani: aprá
- → Caribbean Javanese: aprah
- → Unami: apëlìsh (from the plural form)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch appeel, from Old French apel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈpɛl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧pel
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
appel n (plural appels, diminutive appelletje n)
- appeal (act of imploring or exhorting; a discourse wherein this is done)
- Christen Democratisch Appèl — Christian Democratic Appeal (the name of a Dutch political party: old spelling with the accent on the -e-)
- (law) appeal (application for legal review and overturning)
- (military) roll call (muster of troops at which names are read out, to see if all are present)
Alternative forms
- appèl (superseded)
Derived terms
- ochtendappel
- op het appel verschijnen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: appèl
- → Caribbean Javanese: apèl
- → Indonesian: apèl
- → Papiamentu: apèl
Anagrams
- lappe
French
Etymology
See the verb appeler (“to call (out)”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɛl/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
- Homophones: appelle, appellent, appelles, appels
Noun
appel m (plural appels)
- call
- appeal
Derived terms
- appel à la prière
- appel d'air
- appel de note
- appel de phares
- appel d'offres
- appel en absence
- faire appel
- manquer à l'appel
- produit d'appel
- sans appel
Related terms
- appelant
- appeler
Descendants
- → English: appel
- → German: Appell
- → English: Appell
- → Polish: apel
- → Romanian: apel
Further reading
- “appel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- palpe, palpé
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Noun
appel m
- apple
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- āpel
Descendants
- Dutch: appel (see there for further descendants)
- Limburgish: appel
Further reading
- “appel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “appel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- apple, appyl, appyll, appil, appill, appell, eppel, appul, appull, appulle, eappel
- (Early ME) æppel, æpple, eappel
Etymology
From Old English æppel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from *h₂bl-, the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈapəl/
- (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈɛpəl/
Noun
appel (plural apples or (rare) applen)
- fruit, nut
- apple (fruit of Malus domestica).
- ball; spheroid
Derived terms
- appeltre
Descendants
- English: apple (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: aipple
References
- “appel, -il, -ul, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *applu. Compare Old English æppel.
Noun
appel m
- apple
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr, Hallig: aapel
- Helgoland: Oapel
- Mooring: ååpel
- Saterland Frisian: Appel, Apel
- West Frisian: apel
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- appul, apl
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *applu. Compare Old Frisian appel, Old English æppel, Old High German apful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑp.pɑl/
Noun
appel m
- apple
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Low German: appel
- German Low German: Appel
- → German: Appel (colloquial, regional)
- Plautdietsch: Aupel
- German Low German: Appel
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian appel, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈapəl/
Noun
appel c (plural appels, diminutive appeltsje)
- apple
Alternative forms
- apel
Derived terms
- sinesappel
Further reading
- “appel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011