kel

From Arabic أَكَلَ‎ (ʔakala).

kel (present pkyakol)

1. to eat
2. to wear down

Inherited from Old Czech kel, from Proto-Slavic *kъlъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛl]
• Hyphenation: kel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

kel m inan

1. tusk
2. (obsolete, botany) embryo, germ

   Synonyms: klíček, embryo

• kel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kel in Internetová jazyková příručka

From German Kehle.

• IPA^(key): /keːl/, [kʰeːˀl]

kel c (singular definite kelen, plural indefinite kele)

1. hollow moulding, cavetto
2. valley

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛl]

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• Hyphenation: kel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

From Proto-Ugric *kälä-, possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kälä- (“to ford”).[1] Akin to Mansi ква̄луӈкве (kwāluŋkwe, “to rise”).

• kél (archaic, except in some phrases like lába kél)

kel

1. (obsolete) come and go, get about (to transport oneself from place to place)[2]
2. (intransitive) to get up, rise (from sleep; occasionally more broadly from a lying or sitting position)

   Synonyms: felkel, feláll

3. (intransitive, of the sun or moon) to rise

   Synonym: felkel

4. (intransitive, of a seedling) to sprout, shoot, bud, germinate

   Synonyms: sarjad, kibújik

5. (intransitive, of a young bird or insect) to hatch (to be hatched)
6. (intransitive, cooking, of dough) to rise
7. (intransitive, figuratively, in expressions) to start, set off, take off

   Synonyms: kezd, indul, (in expressions) ered

8. (intransitive, figuratively, archaic or poetic) to rise, arise (chiefly of emotions, their outward expressions, or natural forces like wind)

   Synonyms: keletkezik, kezdődik, támad

9. (intransitive, marketing, chiefly after adverbs) to be sought-after, in demand

   Synonyms: kelendő, eladható, kapós, keresett, fogy

10. (intransitive, of a piece of writing) to be dated (only in the past tense)

    Synonyms: íródik, létrejön

(With verbal prefixes):

Borrowed from Bavarian Keel (“Savoy cabbage”), from Latin caulis (“stem, stalk, cabbage”).

kel (plural kelek)

1. Savoy cabbage

   Synonym: kelkáposzta

2. (in phrases and compounds) a type of Brassica (cabbage and similar plants), including kale, cauliflower, napa cabbage, and Brussels sprout

   Hyponyms: fodros kel, kínai kel

• (to get up, to rise): kel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (Savoy cabbage): kel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Portuguese aquilo.

kel

1. that

kel ?

1. thing
2. heat

From Proto-Slavic *kъlъ.

kel m

1. tusk
2. culm (?)

• Czech: kel

• “kel”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

kel

1. contraction of ke le (that it)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɫ/

Borrowed from Bavarian Keel (“Savoy cabbage”), from Latin caulis (“stem, stalk, cabbage”).

kel m inan (genitive singular kelu, nominative plural kely, genitive plural kelov, declension pattern of dub)

1. savoy

• do kelu
• kelový

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlъ.

kel m inan (genitive singular kla, nominative plural kly, genitive plural klov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tusk

• klový

• kel in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Deverbal from kela

kel n

1. (colloquial) cuddling, petting

• kel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Ottoman Turkish كل‎ (kel, “bald”), from Persian کل‎ (kal, “bald”). Cognate to kelle (“head”) and ultimately to Latin calvus (“bald”), Old English calu (“bald”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcæl/

kel

1. bald

• dazlak

• kelle
• kellik
• kelleşmek

• → Romanian: chel

Borrowed from French lequel (“which”).

kel

1. (relative) who
2. (relative) which

• Note: This word is declined to match the function it plays in its subordinate clause, not to match the declension of the noun it modifies.

kel (definite form kel gi)

1. Grewia bicolor

kel

1. water

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 122

Kel (1).

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *keel, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *keel.

• IPA^(key): /kel˧˩/

kèl

1. goat

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kal, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Khumi Chin ämäkei and Mizo kal.

• IPA^(key): /kəl˧/

kel

1. kidney

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kaal.

• IPA^(key): /kəl˧/

kel

1. (transitive) to climb

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 46, 81