# vela
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈviːlə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈvilə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːlə

### Noun

vela
* plural of velum

### Anagrams

* Leva, Vale, Veal, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal

## Albanian
### Verb

vela
* first-person singular aorist of vel

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Hyphenation: ve‧la

### Noun

vela f (plural veles)
* watch (supervision)
* sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
* sailing (sport)
* candle (a light source)
    Synonym: candela

#### Related terms

* velu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvə.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvɛ.la]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: ve‧la

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan vela, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

#### Noun

vela f (plural veles)
* sail (on a boat)
* sailing (sport)

##### Derived terms

* envelar
* vela major
* vela mestra
* velejar
* veler

##### Related terms

* vel

#### References

* “vela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vela
* inflection of velar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Faroese
### Noun

vela
* indefinite genitive plural of vel

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīlla.

### Noun

vela f (plural veles) (ORB, broad)
* city

#### Related terms

* velâjo

### References

* ville in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* vela in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛla/ [ˈbɛ.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: ve‧la

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare the inherited Old Portuguese vea.

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* a sail
* sailing

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilia, or back-formation from velar.

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* watch, vigil

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vela
* inflection of velar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈve.la/
* Rhymes: -ela
* Hyphenation: vé‧la

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Doublet of voile.

#### Alternative forms

* velo (archaic)

#### Noun

vela f (plural vele)
* (nautical) sail
* (nautical, sports) sailing
* (architecture) web (of a vault)

##### Derived terms

* velista

##### Related terms

* velo

##### Descendants

* → Romanian: velă

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vela
* inflection of velare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* vela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* lave, leva, vale

## Ladin
### Noun

vela f (plural veles)
* election

## Latin
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯e.la/, [ˈu̯ɛɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]

#### Noun

vela f (genitive velae); first declension
* Gallic synonym of īriō
** AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:
    irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.
       When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* French: vélar

#### References

* “vela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "vela", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* vela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,651/2.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27) (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.) (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
* “uela” on page 2,022/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

### Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of vēlum.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯eː.la/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]

#### Noun

vēla n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vēlum

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯eː.laː/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]

#### Verb

vēlā
* second-person singular present active imperative of vēlō

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

vela n
* definite plural of vele

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

### Verb

-vela
* to come, to originate [with locative ‘from’]

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Piedmontese
### Noun

vela f (plural vele)
* sail

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* vella (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɛ.lɐ/
* (Northern Portugal) IPA: [ˈbɛ.lɐ]
* Homophone: bela (Northern Portugal)
* Hyphenation: ve‧la

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of velar. Less likely inherited from Latin vigilia.

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* candle
    Synonym: candeia
    Acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.I lit a candle to illuminate the room.
* Clipping of vela de ignição.
* (slang) third wheel

##### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: weela

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese vea.

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* (nautical) sail
    A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.The ship has two masts with square sails.
* (nautical, sports) sailing
    Vela é um desporto olímpico.Sailing is an Olympic sport.

##### Derived terms

* ir de vela

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vela
* inflection of velar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbela/ [ˈbe.la]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: ve‧la

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of velar

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* candle
    Synonyms: cirio, candela
* wakefulness, sleeplessness
    Synonym: vigilia
    una noche en vela ― a sleepless night
** 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:Pasarse una errante noche en vela por las calles de la ciudad tiene algo de tránsito al otro lado del espejo, tal y como propuso el Martin Scorsese de Jo, qué noche (1985), una película que deformaba la poética maldita comúnmente asociada al nocturno urbano sirviéndose de un estilizado humor negro.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* vigil, watch
* (Latin America) vigil (any of various indigenous festivals)

##### Derived terms

* a dos velas
* a toda vela
* apagavelas
* cada palo que aguante su vela
* en vela
* magia de velas
* más derecho que una vela
* palo de velas
* portavelas
* recoger velas
* soplar la vela
* sujetavelas
* vela cangreja
* vela güira
* vela latina
* vela solar
* velita
* velón

##### Related terms

* duermevela
* velador
* velar
* velorio
* vigilar
* vigilia

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare English veil.

#### Noun

vela f (plural velas)
* (nautical) sail
* (nautical) sailing

##### Derived terms

* a la vela
* a toda vela
* cambiar la vela
* embarcación a vela
* hilo de velas
* navegación a vela
* pez vela
* vela al tercio
* vela de abanico
* vela de cruz
* vela de cuchillo
* vela mayor
* vuelo a vela

##### Related terms

* velero
* veleta
* velo

##### Descendants

* → Chamicuro: wela

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vela
* inflection of ver:
** second-person singular imperative combined with la
** second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:
    Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun).

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

vela
* second-person singular imperative of ir combined with la

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

vela
* inflection of velar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “vela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* lave
* leva
* vale

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

### Verb

-vela
* to come, to originate [with locative ‘from’]
* to appear

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* hvela (obsolete)

### Etymology

Back-formation of velig.

### Verb

vela (present velar, preterite velade, supine velat, imperative vela)
* to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take (with disapproving connotations)
    Ska det velas hit och dit så blir det inget.If people are going to vacillate, then it won't happen.
    Kan han sluta vela eller?Can he make up his mind already?

#### Usage notes

* The supine is the same as for vilja (“to want, to will”), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

### Further reading

* vela in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* elva, lave, leva, vale

## Tongan
### Adjective

vela
* hot

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

### Verb

-vela
* to come, to originate [with locative ‘from’]

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

### Verb

-vela
* to appear, to come into view
* to happen, to occur
* to come, to originate [with locative ‘from’]

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “vela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “vela (6.3)”