betel

Borrowed from Portuguese bétel, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila), from വെറു (veṟu, “plain, mere”) +‎ ഇല (ila, “leaf”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tᵊl/

betel (usually uncountable, plural betels)

1. Either of two plants often used in combination:
   • 1958, R. K. Narayan, The Guide, Penguin, published 1988, page 194:

     Her face was flushed with the tingling effect of betel leaves.

   1. an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper
   2. the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
2. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Burmese Days‎:

     He went to the rail to spit out a scarlet mouthful of betel […]

   • 2002, Vātsyāyana, Kama Sutra, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar, Oxford University Press, 3.3.16, pp. 83-84,

     Within the range of his powers, he sends her, secretly, […] cosmetics such as red lac, red arsenic, yellow arsenic, red mercury sulphide, and black collyrium; sandalwood paste and saffron; and, in course of time, areca nuts and betel leaves for betel.

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Borrowed from Portuguese bétele \ bétel, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.təl/

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• Hyphenation: be‧tel
• Rhymes: -eːtəl

betel f (plural betels)

1. betel
   1. betel vine, Piper betle

      Synonym: betelpeper

   2. betel palm, Areca catechu

      Synonyms: betelboom, betelpalm

• betelblad
• betelboom
• betelnoot
• betelpalm
• betelpeper

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tel/
• Rhymes: -ɛtel
• Hyphenation: bè‧tel

betel m (invariable)

1. betel leaf, Piper betle

• betel in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛl
• Syllabification: be‧tel

betel m inan

1. betel, betel pepper (Piper betle)

   Synonyms: pieprz betelowy, pieprz żuwny

2. betel (chewing preparation)

• betel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• betel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French bétel.

betel m (plural beteli)

1. (botany) betel