vela

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvilə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

vela

1. plural of velum

• Leva, Vale, Veal, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

vela f (plural veles)

1. watch (supervision)
2. sleeplessness
3. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
4. sailing (sport)
5. candle (a light source)

• velu

From Old Occitan vela, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.la/

vela f (plural veles)

1. sail (on a boat)
2. sailing (sport)

• vel

From Old Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare the inherited Old Portuguese vea.

vela f (plural velas)

1. a sail
2. sailing

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilia, or back-formation from velar.

vela f (plural velas)

1. watch, vigil

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Doublet of voile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.la/
• Hyphenation: vé‧la

vela f (plural vele)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical, sports) sailing

• velo

• → Romanian: velă

vela

1. inflection of velare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• lave, leva, vale

vela f (plural veles)

1. election

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwe.la/, [ˈwɛ.ɫa]

vela f (genitive velae); first declension

1. Gallic synonym of īriō
   • AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:

     irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.

     When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv

First declension.

• French: vélar

• vela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,651/2
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    
  • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
    
• “uela” on page 2,022/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Regularly declined forms of vēlum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.la/, [ˈweː.ɫa]

vēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vēlum

A regularly conjugated form of vēlō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.laː/, [ˈweː.ɫaː]

vēlā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vēlō

vela n

1. definite plural of vele

From Proto-Nguni *-vela, from Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

-vela

1. to come, to originate [+locative = from]

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

vela f (plural vele)

1. sail

• vella (obsolete)

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.la/, /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

Back-formation from velar. Less likely from Latin vigilia.

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle

   Eu acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.

   I lit a candle to illuminate the room.

2. Clipping of vela de ignição.

• (candle): candeia

• Kadiwéu: weela

From Old Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Portuguese vea.

vela f (plural velas)

1. (nautical) sail

   A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.

   The ship has two masts with square sails.

2. (nautical, sports) sailing

   Vela é um desporto olímpico.

   Sailing is an Olympic sport.

See the etymology of the main entry.

vela

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of velar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of velar

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

From velar, or from Latin vigilia.

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle
2. wakefulness, sleeplessness

   una noche en vela

   a sleepless night

3. vigil, watch

• (candle): cirio m, candela m
• (wakefulness): vigilia f

• velar
• velador
• vigilia
• vigilar
• velorio
• duermevela

vela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of velar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of velar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of velar.

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare English veil.

vela f (plural velas)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical) sailing

• a toda vela

• veleta
• velero
• velo

• Chamicuro: wela

From ver

vela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ver. in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:

   Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun).

• lave
• leva
• vale

From Proto-Nguni *-vela, from Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

-vela

1. to come, to originate [+locative = from]
2. to appear

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• hvela (obsolete)

Derived from velig.

vela (present velar, preterite velade, supine velat, imperative vela)

1. to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take

   Ska det velas hit och dit, så blir det inget.

   If people are going to vacillate, then it won't happen.

• The supine is the same as for vilja (“to want, to will”), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.

From Proto-Nguni *-vela, from Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

-vela

1. to come, to originate [+locative = from]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Nguni *-vela, from Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

-vela

1. to appear, to come into view
2. to happen, to occur
3. to come, to originate [+locative = from]

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “vela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “vela (6.3)”