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veel

veel

See also: ve'el

English

Noun

veel (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of veal
    • c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun
      The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

Etymology 2

Verb

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

  1. (nonstandard, Britain) feel
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
      To Veel. v. To feel.
      Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3

Noun

veel (plural veels)

  1. (nonstandard, Britain) field
Derived terms
  • veelvare
Quotations
  • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
    But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
  • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːl
  • IPA(key): /veːl/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Determiner

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. many, much
Inflection
Inflection of veel
uninflected veel
inflected veel
comparative meer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veel meer het meest
het meeste
indefinite m./f. sing. veel meer
n. sing. veel meer
plural veel meer
definite vele meeste
partitive
Antonyms
Derived terms

Pronoun

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

  1. much, a lot
    Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.
    From here I can see a lot.
Antonyms

Adverb

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. much
  2. often, frequently
Synonyms
  • (frequently): vaak
Antonyms
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Verb

veel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of velen
  2. imperative of velen

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

  • völle

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˑl/

Adverb

veel

  1. much

Adjective

veel

  1. much, many

Estonian

Etymology

From a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb

veel

  1. yet, still

Anagrams


German Low German

Alternative forms

  • vel
  • (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) vęl; vääl (väl)

Etymology

Cognate to German viel.

Adverb

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
    (Low Prussian) veel to lat
    much too late

Adjective

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
    (Low Prussian) veel Melk
    a lot of milk
  2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
    (Low Prussian) veele Kinga
    many children

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Noun

veel m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

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