avel
See also: -ável
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin āvellō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈvɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Verb
avel (third-person singular simple present avels, present participle avelling, simple past and past participle avelled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.
Anagrams
- Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton avel, from Old Breton auel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“wind, breeze”) (compare Cornish awel and Welsh awel).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːvɛl/, /ˈɑːwɛl/
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Noun
avel f
- wind
Synonyms
- (literary, archaic) gwent
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew אוויר (avír), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr).
Noun
avel m (Latin spelling)
- air
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “aver”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “avér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 69
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “aver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 51
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (āvedi), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from the root आप् (āp).
Verb
avel
- to come
References
- Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “avel (avilǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 146
Swedish
Noun
avel c
- (selective) breeding (of animals)
Usage notes
Just "breeding" might sound more natural as a translation. Compare uppfödning (“breeding”), which is possibly less selective.
Declension
| Declension of avel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | avel | aveln | — | — |
| Genitive | avels | avelns | — | — |
Derived terms
- avelstjur (“stud (animal)”)
Related terms
- avla (“to breed”)
See also
- uppfödning (“breeding”)
References
- avel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- avel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- avel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)