# pel
## English
### Noun

pel (plural pels)
* (dated) pixel

#### Derived terms

* megapel

### Anagrams

* 'elp, -ple, EPL, LEP, LPE, lep

## Afrikaans
### Noun

pel (plural pels, diminutive pellie)
* Alternative spelling of pêl

## Asturian
### Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

### Contraction

pel m (feminine pela, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)
* by means of the

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* (Balearic, Central) IPA: /pəl/
* (Valencia) IPA: /pel/

### Preposition

pel m sg (masculine plural pels)
* Contraction of per el.

### Further reading

* “pel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* pyl

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛl]
* Hyphenation: pel
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Noun

pel m inan
* pollen
* powder similar to pollen
* indication, trace

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “pel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Verb

pel
* inflection of pellen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛl]
* Rhymes: -pɛl, -ɛl, -l
* Hyphenation: pèl

### Noun

pèl (plural pel-pel)
* paper sheet
    Synonym: kertas
* rag for mopping

#### Derived terms

* dipel
* mengepel

### Further reading

* “pel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pel/
* Rhymes: -el
* Hyphenation: pel

### Contraction

pel
* (dated) Contraction of per il.
** 1893, Annuario Scientifico ed Industriale, Fratelli Treves, page 414:Poi nel 1890 i signori Hult e Rossberg intrapresero lavori di triangolazione all’estremità settentrionale della Finlandia, procedendo da Sodonkjla pel Kittenen, affluente del Kemi, e rilevandovi una quantità di laghetti affatto sconosciuti.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1953, Anna Maria Ortese, Il mare non bagna Napoli:Eccolo là, a trent'anni, ha bisogno che lo portino pel collo all'ultima messa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Noun

pel m (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of pelo

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *warkáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *walkás (“bark, leaf”).

#### Noun

pel m
* leaf

##### Alternative forms

* bel, belg, pelg

### Etymology 2

Compare Central Kurdish پۆل (pol), پۆلوو (polû, “ember”), Middle Armenian պող (poġ).

#### Noun

p’el ?
* firebrand, smouldering piece of wood, charred wood, live coal; ember

##### Alternative forms

* p’el, pol

### References

* ↑ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “p’el II”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 437a

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Frisian pēl, from Latin palus.

### Noun

pel m (definite singular pelen, indefinite plural peler, definite plural pelene)
* (construction) a pile

#### Alternative forms

* pæl

### References

* “pel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “pel_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpel/
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Latin pilus.

#### Noun

pel m (plural pels)
* hair

### Etymology 2

Contraction of per lo.

#### Contraction

pel
* for the

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin pellis, pellem.

### Noun

pel oblique singular, f (oblique plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels, nominative singular pel, nominative plural peaus or peax or piaus or piax or pels)
* skin
* pelisse (garment made from sewing together skins)
** c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 96, line 877:Unes pels fist de barbes granzhe made a pelisse out of these great beards

#### Derived terms

* pelette
** → English: pelt

#### Descendants

* Angevin: piau
* Bourguignon: peâ
* Champenois: pé, piau
* Franc-Comtois: pée
* Middle French: peau
** French: peau
* Norman: pé
* Poitevin-Saintongeais: pea
* Picard: pieu, piau
* Walloon: pea

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pāli, variant of *pāl, *pālu, borrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognates include Old English pāl and Old Dutch pāl. Doublet of pāl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeːl/, [ˈpɛːl]

### Noun

pēl m
* pole

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: pil
* Saterland Frisian: Peel

### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Romagnol
### Noun

pel m pl (Bassa Romagna)
* plural of pèla (“pier”)

## Romani
### Alternative forms

* pijel

### Verb

pel
* to drink

#### Derived terms

* chuchi pel