vel

Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).

vel

1. (logic) The ∨ symbol used to represent the inclusive or, which is a logical connective.[1]

• ELV, Lev., lev, lev-

Borrowed from Latin vēlum.

vel m

1. veil

From Proto-Albanian *wala, Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, twist”). From the same root of vjell and vjel.

vel (first-person singular past tense vela, participle velur)

1. I feel nauseated, sick

• vjell
• vjel

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan vel), from Latin vēlum (compare French voile, Spanish velo, Portuguese véu), from Proto-Indo-European.

vel m (plural vels)

1. veil

• vela

vel

1. Soft mutation of mel.

vel

1. second-person singular imperative of velet

vel

1. I suppose

   Der er vel noget sandhed i det.

   I suppose there is some truth in it.

vel

1. (used as a tag question) is it the case

   Der er ikke slanger, vel?

   There are no snakes, are there?

   Du er ikke sur på mig, vel?

   You are not angry with me, are you?

• ikke?, ikke sandt?, ikke også?

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek πέλλα; cognate with German Fell.

• IPA^(key): /vɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

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vel n (plural vellen, diminutive velletje n)

1. A skin, hide
2. A fur, pelt
3. A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page)

   Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier

   The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.

4. A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk

   Deze saus moet niet te lang koken, anders ontstaan er vellen.

   This sauce shouldn't boil for too long or else membranes will appear.

5. A rag, shred

• (skin): huid
• (fur): pels
• (sheet): blad n

vel

1. first-person singular present indicative of vellen
2. imperative of vellen

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, by Johannes Franck, M. Nijhoff 1892

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

• IPA^(key): /vɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela.

vel (comparative betur, superlative best) (háttaratviksorð (“adverb of manner”))

1. well

• betur sjá augu en auga
• vel á minnst
• allt er gott sem endar vel
• gjörðu svo vel
• ganga vel
• gangi þér vel

vel

1. first-person singular present indicative of velja
2. imperative singular of velja

Borrowed from Latin vel.

• IPA^(key): /vɛl/
• Hyphenation: vel

vel

1. (rare) and/or (inclusive "or")
   • 1914, Félix Mirot, La Langue Auxiliaire, page 90:

     Me certe prenos akompananto: vel mea frato, vel mea kuzo.

     I will certainly bring company: either my sibling and/or my cousin.

   Ka vu volas manjor vel hamburger vel pizza?

   Do you want to eat a hamburger and/or a pizza.

After the adoption of the word by the Akademio in 1913-14, it didn't see much use. Those that actually used the word, didn't seem to use it correctly either. They recommended just using the exclusive for both (i.e. od and o), and by the following year, they proposed to annul the adoption. If they actually officially annulled the word is unknown.

• od, o

From earlier *well < *wels < *welsi "you wish", thus originally the second-person singular present active indicative form of volō (“I will”, “I wish”). The semantic development may have been helped by the fortuitous similitude to -ve.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wel/, [wɛɫ]

vel

1. or; and/or
   • 2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus

     In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.

     In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.

2. even

• This word is comparable to an inclusive or in logic.

• Translingual: ∨ (symbol of disjunction)
• English: vel sim., vel

• aut

• vĕl in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 2. VEL in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vĕl in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,651
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• “uel” on page 2,021–2,022 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “vel”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,068/1

vel

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of velt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of velt

Compare Estonian veel, Latvian vēl (“more, else, yet”). According to Karulis, Latvian vēl is an inherited word cognate with vēls (“late”), thus perhaps an old Baltic borrowing in Finnic languages; this is supported by EES.[1] Its use before jo, juo forming comparatives of adjectives[2] could be a more recent calque, cf., Latvian labāk (“better”) — vēl jo labāk (“the better, even better”).

• IPA^(key): /vel/

ve'l

1. more, else, yet
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     mis sa vel äd tō!

     what do you think you're doing!? ~ what else will you come up with! (lit. "what else do you want [to come up with]!")

     alā ajjõ vanā kouv vizzõ, koņtš ūž vel äb ūo vaļmõz

     do not fill up the old well until a new one is not (yet) ready

vel

1. present dependent form of bee
   • Abbyr dy vel eh çheet. Let us assume that he is coming.
   • As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh. The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
   • Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney. A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.
   • Vel oo ayns shoh rish foddey? Have you been here long?

• Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

vel

1. well

• “vel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛlː/, /ʋeːl/

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Akin to English well.

vel

1. well
2. certainly, probably

   Ja, det er vel rett.

   Yes, that is probably true./Yes, I suppose that is true.

vel

1. present tense of velja and velje
2. imperative of velja and velje

• “vel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *fellą, whence also Old English fell.

vel n

1. A fur

• German: Fell

From Proto-Germanic *wela (“well”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Old English wel, Old Frisian wela, Old Saxon wela, Old High German wola, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (waila).

vel (comparative betr, superlative bezt)

1. well
2. easily
3. fully, amply, largely

• Icelandic: vel
• Faroese: væl
• Norwegian: vel
• Old Swedish: væl, val
  • Swedish: väl
• Danish: vel

• vel in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vel in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vel in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
    

Borrowed from Latin vel (“or”).

• IPA^(key): /vɛl/

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vel

1. AKA, alias (= albo, czyli) (with pseudonyms)

vel

1. seven

• velüm