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Definitions and meaning of bel

bel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Homophones: bell, belle

Etymology 1

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

Noun

bel (plural bels)

  1. A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.
Derived terms
  • decibel
Translations

References

  • Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

Etymology 2

Noun

bel (plural bels)

  1. Alternative form of bael (Indian tree)

Anagrams

  • BLE, EBL, LEB, Leb, Leb.

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist; spade”) (Turkish bel).

Noun

bel m

  1. (anatomy) waist

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel m

  1. spade

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bel/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. (anatomy) back of the body
    Synonyms: dal, arxa
  2. (anatomy) small of the back
  3. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: miyan
  4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col
Derived terms
  • bel bağlamaq (“to rely on”)

Etymology 2

From Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. spade

Declension

Further reading

  • “bel” in Obastan.com.

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English bell.

Noun

bel

  1. bell

Etymology 2

From English belly.

Noun

bel

  1. belly

Etymology 3

From English bale.

Noun

bel

  1. bale

Catalan

Etymology

From belar (“to bleat”)

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈbɛl/

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

  1. baa, bleat

Related terms

  • belar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Hyphenation: bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bell
  2. (obsolete) segment of a rattlesnake's rattle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of bal (“ball, round convex object”)

Noun

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bubble
    Synonym: bubbel
Derived terms
  • luchtbel
  • zeepbel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bel

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/

Etymology 1

see beau

Adjective

bel

  1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound
Usage notes
  • used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel like animal but also before nouns that start with a vowel sound like homme, where the h is silent: un bel homme (/œ̃.bɛl.ɔm/)
Related terms
  • bel air

Etymology 2

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

  1. bel (unit of sound intensity)

Anagrams

  • blé

Further reading

  • “bel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bél/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bál]

Noun

bêl m

  1. belt
  2. seatbelt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛl]
  • Hyphenation: bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From English bel.

Noun

bel

  1. bel (a unit of measurement)
Declension
Derived terms
  • decibel

Etymology 2

From bél.

Noun

bel

  1. (archaic) internal part (a variant form of bél, used in derivatives)
Derived terms
  • benn

See also

  • bel-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːl/
    Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural bel)

  1. bel (measure of relative power)

Declension

Related terms

  • desibel, desíbel

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bel (“bell”), from Middle Dutch belle, from Old Dutch bella, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Hyphenation: bèl

Noun

bèl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. bell
    Synonym: lonceng

Verb

bèl

  1. (colloquial) To make phone call.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəl/
  • Hyphenation: bêl

Noun

bêl (first-person possessive belku, second-person possessive belmu, third-person possessive belnya)

  1. (physics) bel, a measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively.

Further reading

  • “bel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: bel

Adjective

bel

  1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist”).

Noun

bel m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביל‎)

  1. (anatomy) waist

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

Noun

bel

  1. smoke

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel, compare Mansaka ubul and Western Bukidnon Manobo evel.

Noun

bel

  1. smoke

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • bele, beele, beale, bealle

Etymology

From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of beau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛːl/, /ˈbɛl/

Adjective

bel

  1. Of fine quality: good, nice, appealing.
  2. Physically appealing; attractive, pretty.

Related terms

  • beaute, bewte

References

  • “bē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

Noun

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (Jersey) courtyard, yard, patio
  2. (Jersey) farmyard

Derived terms

  • bel à balle (“ball court, ball park”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after A. G. Bell.

Noun

bel m (definite singular belen, indefinite plural bel, definite plural belane)

  1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)
Derived terms
  • desibel

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bel n (definite singular belet, indefinite plural bel, definite plural bela)

  1. moment, instant
  2. gap, space

References

  • “bel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Alternative forms

  • beal (uncommon)
  • beau
  • biau

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/

Adjective

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

  1. graceful, elegant, courteous
  2. noble
  3. (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
    • late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
      Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
      Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land
  4. handsome; beautiful

Declension

Related terms

  • belement
  • biauté
  • bellezour

Descendants

  • French: beau
    • → English: beau
  • Norman: biau, bieau
  • Picard: biau
  • → Middle English: beau; bel

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • belh

Etymology

From Latin bellus

Adjective

bel m (feminine singular bela, masculine plural bels, feminine plural belas)

  1. beautiful

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

Alternative forms

  • behld (San Dionisio Ocotepec)

Noun

bel

  1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

References

  • Natalie Operstein, Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology (2015, →ISBN, page 80

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bêːl/

Adjective

bȇl (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̑л)

  1. Alternative form of bȅo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bèːʋ/

Adjective

bẹ́ł (comparative bȍlj bẹ́ł or belȇjši, superlative nȁjbolj bẹ́ł or nȁjbelȇjši)

  1. white

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Further reading

  • “bel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English belly

Noun

bel

  1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
  2. underside
  3. the fuselage of an airplane.

Derived terms

  • bel i hevi/bel hevi
  • rausim bel

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛl/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “waist, loins”), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k) (“waist”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠‎ (b²il² /bél/, “waist”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. waist
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بل‎ (bel, “spade”), from Persian بیل‎ (bil, “spade”).

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. (dated) spade

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 274
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bel2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Turkmen

Noun

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. archaic and dialectal form of pil (“shovel, spade”)

Declension

Uzbek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

  1. waistline
Declension

Etymology 2

From Persian بیل‎ (bēl, “spade”).

Noun

bel (plural bellar)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berg.

Noun

bel (nominative plural bels)

  1. mountain

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *belle, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛl/

Noun

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

  1. bell
  2. doorbell

Derived terms

  • earbel

Further reading

  • “bel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wiyot

Adjective

bel

  1. flat, wide

References

  • Reconstructing Languages and Cultures: Abstracts and Materials from the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8-12 November, 1988

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a noise measure.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)