anel

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel m (plural anels)

1. ring

From Old Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited form elo.

anel m (plural aneis)

1. ring (small metal object)

• anular

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel m (oblique plural aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative singular aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative plural anel)

1. ring (small metal torus-shaped object)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

• Middle French: anneau
  • French: anneau
• Walloon: anea

From Old Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.

Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: a‧nel

anel m (plural anéis)

1. ring (small metal object)
2. (colloquial) asshole; anus

• anelar
• anular
• aliança
• elo
• aro
• argola

• anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• ani (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel m (plural anels)

1. (Surmiran) ring