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Clipping of English Belarusian, from Belarusian беларуская (bjelaruskaja).

bel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian.

Named after Alexander Graham Bell.

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.

measure of relative power

bel (plural bels)

  1. Alternative form of bael.

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

bel m

  1. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: mes

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel, “spade”), from Classical Persian بیل (bēl, “spade”).

bel m

  1. spade
    Synonyms: maç, lopatë

From Latin bellus (“pretty”). Compare Gascon bèth for the determiner use.

bel m

  1. strange (in certain expressions)

bel m

  1. any, anyone

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l.

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. (anatomy) back of the body
    Synonyms: dal, arxa
    Belim ağrıyır. ― My back hurts.
    uşaqlığı at belində keçən adam ― a person whose childhood has passed on the back of a horse.
  2. (anatomy) small of the back
  3. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: miyan
  4. (geography) saddleback, saddle, col

From Persian بیل (bil, “spade”).

bel (definite accusative beli, plural bellər)

  1. spade

From English bell.

bel

  1. bell

From English belly.

bel

  1. belly

From English bale.

bel

  1. bale

Deverbal from belar (“to bleat”).

bel m (plural bels)

  1. baa, bleat

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (physics, acoustics) bel

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.

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

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

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

bel f (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. bubble
    Synonym: bubbel

Compare the semantic development of slet, but it is not certain whether the sense rag here is related to the sense referring to vulgar women, which is barely attested as simplex. Alternatively, the compounds featuring this words have been explained as being formed by analogy with snottebel or perhaps lellebel; note lellebellen (“to chit-chat”), which is attested as early as 1599 and may be related to German bellen (“to bark”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

bel ? (plural bellen, diminutive belletje n)

  1. (obsolete, literally) rag
  2. (obsolete, figuratively) loose, vulgar woman

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bel

  1. inflection of bellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

see beau

bel

  1. form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound

Named for Alexander Graham Bell

bel m (plural bels)

  1. (sound engineering) bel (unit of sound intensity)

bel

  1. (of girls) bond friend (friend across ethnic boundaries)

Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[1], Leiden University

Borrowed from English belt.

bêl m

  1. belt
  2. seatbelt

From English bel.

bel

  1. bel (a unit of measurement)

From bél.

bel

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

bel n (genitive singular bels, nominative plural **bel)

  1. bel (measure of relative power)

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

bél (plural **bel-bel)

  1. bell
    Synonym: lonceng

bèl (active mengebel, passive dibel)

  1. to ring a bell
  2. (colloquial) to bell, telephone

From English bel, after Alexander Graham Bell.

bêl (plural **bel-bel)

  1. (physics) bel

bel

  1. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l(k).

bel

  1. thigh, waist

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

bel m (Hebrew spelling ביל)[1]

  1. (anatomy) waist
    Synonym: talia

    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎[2], page 229:
      I kuanto mas la karne era negra, tantos mas eran los pedasos del bel para abasho, ke eya le orava!
      And how the meat was so much blacker, especially the chunks from the waist down, that she prayed for it!

  2. (clothing) waist

    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎[3], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 262:
      El bel era muy estrecho i las mangas eran estrechas kantidad ke non les vinia la mania al braso.
      The waist was very narrow and the sleeves were so tight that there was barely room for their bracelets.

  3. ^ “bel”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

From Proto-Austronesian *qebel.

bël

  1. smoke

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

bel

  1. smoke

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

bel

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

Borrowed from Old Norse bœli.

bel m (plural bels)

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

Named after A. G. Bell.

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

  1. bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)

From Old Norse bil.

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

  1. moment, instant
  2. gap, space

From Latin bellus.

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

From Latin bellus.

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

  1. beautiful

Internationalism; compare English bel. Ultimately named after Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer Alexander Graham Bell.

bel m inan (abbreviation B)

  1. bel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bel f

  1. genitive plural of bela

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l. Cognate to Turkish bel (“waist; mountain pass”).

bel (3rd person possessive bili, plural beller)

  1. (anatomy) waist
  2. mountain pass, mountainside
  3. a waist pad, lumbar pad; padded waist support used for carrying water

Declension of bel

| | singular | plural | | | ------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | | nominative | bel | beller | | genitive | belniği | bellerniği | | dative | bele | bellere | | definite accusative | belni | bellerni | | locative | belde | bellerde | | ablative | belden | bellerden | | instrumental | bella | bellerla | | pronominal | belği | bellerği | | indefinite article | bel-or | beller-or | | definite article | belcük | bellercük |

Possessive declension of bel

| | nominative | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilim | bilimler | | siniği ("your") | biliñ | biliñler | | aniği ("their") | bili | bililer | | piserniği ("our") | bilimiz | bilimizler | | selerniği ("your") | biliñiz | biliñizler | | ularniği ("their") | bili | bililer | | | accusative | | | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilimni | bilimlerni | | siniği ("your") | biliñni | biliñlerni | | aniği ("their") | bilini | bililerni | | piserniği ("our") | bilimizni | bilimizlerni | | selerniği ("your") | biliñizni | biliñizlerni | | ularniği ("their") | bilini | bililerni | | | dative | | | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilime | bilimlere | | siniği ("your") | biliñe | biliñlere | | aniği ("their") | biliğe | bililere | | piserniği ("our") | bilimize | bilimizlere | | selerniği ("your") | biliñize | biliñizlere | | ularniği ("their") | biliğe | bililere | | | locative | | | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilimde | bilimlerde | | siniği ("your") | biliñde | biliñlerde | | aniği ("their") | bilide | bililerde | | piserniği ("our") | bilimizde | bilimizlerde | | selerniği ("your") | biliñizde | biliñizlerde | | ularniği ("their") | bilide | bililerde | | | ablative | | | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilimden | bilimlerden | | siniği ("your") | biliñden | biliñlerden | | aniği ("their") | biliden | bililerden | | piserniği ("our") | bilimizden | bilimizlerden | | selerniği ("your") | biliñizden | biliñizlerden | | ularniği ("their") | biliden | bililerden | | | instrumental | | | | | singular | plural | | | miniği ("my") | bilimla | bilimlerla | | siniği ("your") | biliñla | biliñlerla | | aniği ("their") | bilila | bililerla | | piserniği ("our") | bilimizla | bilimizlerla | | selerniği ("your") | biliñizla | biliñizlerla | | ularniği ("their") | bilila | bililerla |

San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

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bel

  1. (San Pablo Güilá) fish

bȇl (Cyrillic spelling бе̑л, definite bȇlī, comparative bȅljī or bèlijī) (Ekavian)

  1. alternative form of bȅo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlHs (“white surface or stain”). First attested in the 16th century.

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

  1. white
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. bél béla bélo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative bél indbéli def béla bélo
genitive bélega béle bélega
dative bélemu béli bélemu
accusative _nominative_inan _orgenitive_anim bélo bélo
locative bélem béli bélem
instrumental bélim bélo bélim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative béla béli béli
genitive bélih bélih bélih
dative bélima bélima bélima
accusative béla béli béli
locative bélih bélih bélih
instrumental bélima bélima bélima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative béli béle béla
genitive bélih bélih bélih
dative bélim bélim bélim
accusative béle béle béla
locative bélih bélih bélih
instrumental bélimi bélimi bélimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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bela siva črna
rdeča; škrlatna oranžna; rjava rumena; krem
svetlozelena, limeta zelena
sinja, cian; turkizna azurna modra
vijolična; indigo magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila roza, rožnata

Borrowed from English bel, named after Alexander Graham Bell.

bel m (plural beles)

  1. bel
    Synonym: belio

Borrowed from Occitan bell or Catalan bell.

bel (feminine bela, masculine plural beles, feminine plural belas)

  1. (archaic) synonym of bello (“beautiful, fair”)

From English belly.

bel

  1. abdomen, belly (of a human)
  2. underside
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:
      Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.
      →New International Version translation
  3. the fuselage of an airplane.
  4. the seat of emotions, equivalent to heart in English.
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Hibru 4:12:
      Tok bilong God em i gat laip, na em i wok strong i stap. Em i sap moa, na i winim bainat i gat tupela sap. Dispela tok i save sutim man na i go insait tru. Em i go kamap stret long dispela hap tewel na spirit i bruk, na long ol dispela hap skru na kru bilong bun i pas wantaim. Olsem na em i save gut tru long olgeta tingting na laik bilong bel bilong yumi.
      →New International Version translation

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

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. waist
    Belini taş yapıya yaslamıştı.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

  1. (dated) spade

From Proto-Turkic *bel-.

bel

  1. mark, sign
Other scripts
Latin bel‍
Cyrillic бел‍
Arabic بیل

bel (definite accusative beli, plural beller)

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

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄l (“waist”).

bel (plural bellar)

  1. waistline

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیل (bēl, “spade”).

bel (plural bellar)

  1. shovel, spade

Borrowed from German Berg.

bel (genitive bela, plural bels)

  1. mountain
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:
      Ven Yesus älogom menamödotis, äbexänom beli.
      Seeing the crowds, Jesus went onto the mountain.

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

bel c (plural bellen, diminutive beltsje)

  1. bell
  2. doorbell

bel

  1. flat, wide