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All 5 letters words made out of stele

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Definitions and meaning of stele

stele

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”), plural form στῆλαι (stêlai). Doublet of stela.

Alternative forms

• stélé, stelè

Pronunciation

• (modern) IPA^(key): /ˈstiːli/; (formerly also) IPA^(key): /stiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːli
• Homophones: steelie, steely

Noun

stele (plural steles or stelai)

1. (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
2. (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
3. (architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
   • c. 1840, Hosking, "Architecture" in Encyclopædia Britannica, III 470:

     Stele. The ornaments on the ridge of a Greek temple, answering to the antefixæ on the summit of the flank entablatures, are thus designated.

Usage notes

• Although stela and stele were used in antiquity for pillars and columns generally, and continued to carry that meaning when their use was revived in English archaeology and architecture in the 18th and 19th century, respectively, present usage usually distinguishes obelisks, columns, shafts (the body of a column between the capital and the pediment), etc., from stela and stele, which are used to refer to engraved slabs or small pillars.
• Furthermore, although the terms still refer to small pillarlike gravestones from antiquity, the similar-looking herms are now often distinguished, as are modern gravestones, monuments, boundary markers, etc.
• The terms do sometimes refer to undecorated rocks when they have been raised by artificial means in prehistoric times, particularly when they are slab-like, but the large Neolithic menhirs are usually distinguished as are Chinese scholar's rocks or Taihu rocks, and other modern uses of upright stones as decoration or signage.
• Stele is frequently pluralized irregularly as stelae, which is also used as a plural form of the more Latinized singular form stela. The anglicized Greek plural stelai has been used since the late 19th century but is less common than steles.

Synonyms

• stela

Translations

Etymology 2

From 1886 French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”).

Noun

stele (plural steles)

1. (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Leets, Steel, Teels, Teles, leets, sleet, steel, teles

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stele

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stelen

Anagrams

• leest, sleet, slete, steel

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin stēlla.

Noun

stele f (plural stelis)

1. star

Indonesian

Etymology

From English stele, from 1886 French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstele]
• Hyphenation: sté‧lé

Noun

stele or stélé

1. (botany) stele, the central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.

Further reading

• “stele” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Istro-Romanian

Noun

stele f (plural form of ste)

1. stars

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: stè‧le

Noun

stele f (invariable)

1. stele (all senses)

See also

• pilastro
• erma
• pilastrino
• cippo
• busto

Anagrams

• leste

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stēle, stȳle, stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“steel weapon”).

Alternative forms

• stel, stelle, steole, steyle, stiele, style

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːl(ə)/

Noun

stele (plural steles)

1. steel

Descendants

• English: steel
  • → Maori: tīra
• Scots: stele, steill
• Yola: stheel

References

• “stẹ̄̆l(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English stela, steola; a parallel etymology to English stale (“a handle, shaft, stem”, noun).

Alternative forms

• stel, stell, stile

Noun

stele (plural steles or stelen)

1. A stem or trunk of a plant.
2. A ladder's side or half.
3. A handle or shaft.

Descendants

• Yola: sthill, stell

References

• “stēle, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Verb

stele

1. Alternative form of stelen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar”).

Noun

stele m (definite singular stelen, indefinite plural steler, definite plural stelene)

1. (archaeology) A tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

Verb

stele (present tense steler, past tense stal, supine stålet)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by stjele

References

• “stele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• eltes, eslet, etles, leste, letes, selet, selte, -elset

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar”).

Noun

stele m (definite singular stelen, indefinite plural stelar, definite plural stelane)

1. (archaeology) tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface

Etymology 2

Verb

stele (present tense stel, past tense stal, past participle stole, passive infinitive stelast, present participle stelande, imperative stel)

1. Alternative form of stela

References

• “stele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈste.le/
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: ste‧le

Noun

stele f

1. inflection of stea:
   1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular/plural

Swedish

Adjective

stele

1. definite natural masculine singular of stel

References

Venetian

Noun

stele

1. plural of stela

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