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Webster 1913 Edition


Fele

Fele

,
Adj.
[AS.
fela
,
feola
; akin to G.
viel
, gr. [GREEK]. See
Full
,
Adj.
]
Many.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


fele

fele

See also: felé, -féle, felë, fêle, and fêlé

English

Alternative forms

Adverb

fele

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Greatly, much, very
    For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere.Hakluyts Voyages.

Adjective

fele (comparative feler, superlative felest)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Much; many.
    Any maner of thynges desyryt..heraftyr may be had and ygrawnt by the fellyst of the sayd comynes. dated 1456 from J.T. Gilbert, Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin , vol. 1 (1889)

Derived terms

Pronoun

fele

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Many (of).
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Book V:
      And fele of thy footmen ar brought oute of lyff, and many worshypfull presoners ar yolden into oure handys.

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Anagrams


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧le

Etymology 1

Postposition

fele

  1. (dialectal) in the direction of, around (variant of felé)

Etymology 2

Adjective

fele (not comparable)

  1. half (of the)
    A fele gond az enyém. - Half (of) the trouble is mine.

Noun

fele

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of fél
    A pénz fele az enyém.Half of the money is mine.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative fele
accusative felét
dative felének
instrumental felével
causal-final feléért
translative felévé
terminative feléig
essive-formal feleként
essive-modal feléül
inessive felében
superessive felén
adessive felénél
illative felébe
sublative felére
allative feléhez
elative feléből
delative feléről
ablative felétől

Derived terms


Latin

Noun

fēle

  1. ablative singular of fēlēs

References


Old Irish

Verb

fele (relative)

  1. Alternative form of fil