pels

pels

1. plural of pel

• -ples, PSLE, leps

From Dutch pels, from Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

pels (plural pelse, diminutive pelsie)

1. fur, the fur coat of certain mammals

• pelsrob

pels

1. Contraction of per and els

• pel

• Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

From late Old Norse pilz, via Middle Low German pels, from Medieval Latin pellicea, from Latin pellis (“skin”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/, [pʰɛlˀs]

pels c (singular definite pelsen, plural indefinite pelse)

1. fur, coat
2. fur coat

• “pels” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

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• Hyphenation: pels
• Rhymes: -ɛls

pels m (plural pelzen, diminutive pelsje n)

1. fur, the fur coat of certain mammals

• pelsdier
• pelsjager
• pelsmuts
• pelsrob
• winterpels

• Afrikaans: pels

Ultimately from Latin pellis (“pelt, skin”).

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛls/
• Rhymes: -ɛls

pels m (genitive singular pels, nominative plural pelsar)

1. fur coat

From Old Norse pilz

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelser, definite plural pelsene)

1. fur
2. a fur coat

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels
• pelsverk
• vinterpels

• “pels” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pels” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse pilz

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelsar, definite plural pelsane)

1. fur
2. a fur coat

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels
• pelsverk
• vinterpels

• “pels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

pels ?

1. Obsolete spelling of päls