Catalan

Noun

fel m ‎(plural fels)

1. gall

Cornish

Noun

fel

1. Mixed mutation of mel.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Adjective

fel ‎(comparative feller, superlative felst)

1. bright (e.g. sunlight)
2. fierce

Inflection

Adverb

fel

1. fiercely

   De Frisii waren een Germaans volk en net als verscheidene andere Germaanse volkeren wisten ze zich fel te verdedigen tegen de Romeinen— The Frisii were a Germanic people and, just like various other Germanic peoples, they knew how to defend themselves fiercely against the Romans.

Anagrams

• elf, lef

Elfdalian

Adverb

fel

1. probably, likely

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛl]

Adverb

fel

1. up

Derived terms

• felperes
• felszín

(Expressions):

• fel s alá

See also

• fel-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“green”). Cognates include holus and helvus; Ancient Greek χολή ‎(kholḗ, “bile”) and χλωρός ‎(khlōrós, “green”); and English yellow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fel/, [fɛɫ]

Noun

fel n ‎(genitive fellis); third declension

1. gall bladder
2. gall, bile
3. poison
4. bitterness, venom

Inflection

Third declension neuter i-stem.

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *faliz, cognate with felon.

Adjective

fel m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular fele)

1. evil
2. vile; despicable
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     "Fui!" fet Erec, "nains enuiieus!
     Trop es fel et contraliieus.["]

     "Flee" said Erec "pesky dwarf!
     You are too vile and and maddening"

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (1. fel)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲel/

Verb

fel

1. Alternative form of fil

Mutation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

fel f (uncountable)

1. gall; bile

Synonyms

• bile, bílis

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian -féle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fel]

Noun

fel n ‎(plural feluri)

1. sort, type, kind

   fel de fel de oameni — all kinds of people

   la fel ca tine — the same as you

2. manner, style, way

   În ce fel? — In what way?

   În felul acesta. — In this way.

   Într-un fel e un lucru bun că a plecat. — In a way it's a good thing that he left.

   Nu e în felul lui să fie neprietenos. — It's not in his nature to be unkind.

Declension

Synonyms

• gen

Derived terms

• astfel
• la fel

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology

See Norwegian feil and Danish fejl. Used in Swedish at least since 1527. For the adverb, the now obsolete form felt was the dominating written form until the mid 19th century.

Adjective

fel

1. wrong, incorrect, erroneous

   Fel svar ger inga poäng.‎

   A wrong answer gives no points.

Antonyms

• rätt, korrekt

Adverb

fel

1. wrong, wrongly, incorrectly, erroneously

   Hon svarade fel på hälften av frågorna.‎

   She answered wrong on half of the questions.

   Planen slog fel.‎

   The plan failed.

Noun

fel n

1. mistake

   Jag erkänner, jag gjorde fel.‎

   I admit, I made a mistake.

   Han har fel.‎

   He is wrong.

2. error, fault, deviation (from the correct or normal)

Declension

Derived terms

This list includes words based on the adverb (felcitera ‎(“to cite erroneously”)) as well as the noun (felsöka ‎(“to search for errors”)).

References

• fel in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• fel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fel/

Noun

fel ‎(plural fels)

1. field (general)

Declension

Derived terms

• cögafeled
• felacepaglun
• felacepöp
• felaflor
• felalaud, Alauda arvensis
• felaludom
• felaluzul, Luzula campestris
• felamug
• felapijun
• felapop (Papaver rhoeas)
• felapopaflor
• felatüum, Thymus serpyllum
• felatüumaleül
• felazaär, Acer campestre
• feled
• feledam
• feledamanufed
• felem
• felik
• felio
• firnafel
• gladafel
• ini fel
• ribädafeled
• zefel

Related terms

• befeil
• befeilön
• deteilacem vestibüla feilanadoma Dona-Saxänik
• farmadom feilanik
• feil
• feilafluk
• feilalän
• feilaläned
• feilalänedamied
• feilam
• feilan
• feilanasval
• feilanef
• feilanik
• feilans (cf. de: Landleute)
• feilaplan
• feilaprod
• feilarolöm
• feilastum
• feilastumem
• feilav
• feilavan
• feilavik
• feilavob
• feilavoban
• feilavobanadom
• feilavobod
• feilän
• feilänem
• feiläns
• feilid
• feilidacin
• feilidön
• feilik
• feilim
• feiliman
• feilimik
• feilöf
• feilöfik
• feilön
• flukafeil
• gerafeilaläned
• grenafeilaglun
• hifeilan
• hifeilavan
• hipul feilanik
• humulafeilan
• jifeilan
• jifeilavan
• jipul feilanik
• lefeilan
• lelivafeilan
• lufeilan
• lufeilanadom
• säbefeil
• säbefeilaläned
• säbefeilik
• säbefeilön
• besovön feilalänedi
• vitidafeil

See also

• betadaläned
• buidän
• grenaläned
• hodaläned
• humulaläned
• läned
• rapaläned
• risataläned
• trifülaläned
• vatamaläned

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Breton evel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛl/^[1]

Preposition

fel

1. as, like

Adverb

fel

1. (colloquial) (South Wales) how

References

1. ↑ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 51 vi.