ezel

From Middle Breton esel. Compare Cornish esel and Irish esel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.zɛl/

ezel m

1. member

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/

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• Hyphenation: e‧zel
• Rhymes: -eːzəl

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

1. donkey, ass, Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus

   Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.

   A donkey brays: “hee-haw, hee-haw”.

2. fool, idiot

   Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!

   What are you doing? Dumb asses!

3. easel

   Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.

   Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.

   Synonym: schildersezel

• Afrikaans: esel
  • → Sotho: esele
  • → Xhosa: i-esile
• → English: easel
• Negerhollands: esel

• leze

Borrowed from German Esel, from Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Doublet of wósoł.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɛl/

ezel m

1. donkey (domestic animal)

   Synonym: wósoł

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ezel”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

ezel (definite accusative ezeli, uncountable)

1. eternity, time stretching back without beginning

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ezel c (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltsje or ezelke)

1. (dated) donkey

• “ezel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011