eel

See also: Eel, e'el, eʼel, eel-, and -eel

English

Wikispecies

an eel

Etymology

From Middle English el, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.

Cognates:

Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ål (“eel”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ēl, IPA(key): /iːl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophone: 'e'll

Noun

eel (plural eels)

  1. Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
  2. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.

Derived terms

Translations
Anguilla anguilla — see European eel

See also

Verb

eel (third-person singular simple present eels, present participle eeling, simple past and past participle eeled)

  1. To fish for eels.
  2. To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

eel

  1. adessive singular of esi

Ingrian
Spatial inflection of eel
↗︎○ allative eelle
○ adessive eel
○↘︎ ablative eelt

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈeːlːæ/, [ˈeːlʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeːl/, [ˈe̝ːl]
  • Rhymes: -eːlːæ, -eːl
  • Hyphenation: eel
  • Homophone: eelle

Postposition

eel (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) before, in front of

Noun

eel

  1. adessive singular of esi

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38

Middle English

Noun

eel

  1. Alternative form of el

Mopan Maya

Verb

eel

  1. to know, to have knowledge of

References
  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse elda.

Verb

eel

  1. To make fire, to keep a fire for warmth.
    hån ele för nåtta
    He made fire for the night.
Conjugation
Conjugation of eel.
infinitive eel
present participle elen
adverbial participle elenes
past participle ele
supine ele
indicative present past
singular eel ele
plural eel ele
subjunctive present past
singular eel ele
plural eel ele
imperative present
singular el
plural elen

Noun

eel m pl

  1. nominative & accusative indefinite plural of el
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.