Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /bɛl/
* Rhymes: -ɛl
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IPA(key): /bɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 1
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English - Etymology 1
From Middle English _belle_, from Old English _belle_ (“bell”), from Proto-Germanic _*bellǭ_, from Proto-Indo-European _*bʰel-_ (“to sound, resound, talk, roar, bello”). Cognate with West Frisian _belle_, _bel_ (“bell”), Dutch _bel_ (“bell”), Low German _Belle_, _Bel_ (“bell”), Danish _bjelde_ (“bell”), Swedish _bjälla_ (“bell”), Norwegian _bjelle_ (“bell”), Icelandic _bjalla_ (“bell”).
NOUN
BELL (_plural_ BELLS)
* A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
* 1848, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells"
_HEAR the sledges with the BELLS —_
_Silver BELLS!_
_What a world of merriment their melody foretells!_
* The sounding of a bell as a signal.
* (chiefly UK, informal) A telephone call.
_I’ll give you a BELL later._
* A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
* (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
* (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
* The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
* (computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).
* Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
* Shakespeare
In a cowslip's BELL I lie.
* (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
DERIVED TERMS
SEE ALSO
* alarm
* buzz
* buzzer
* carillon
* chime
* clapper
* curfew
* dinger
* ding-dong
* gong
* peal
* ringer
* siren
* tintinnabulum
* tocsin
* toll
* vesper
TRANSLATIONS
VERB
BELL (_third-person singular simple present_ BELLS, _present participle_ BELLING, _simple past and past participle_ BELLED)
* (transitive) To attach a bell to.
_Who will bell the cat?_
* To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
_to BELL a tube_
* (slang, transitive) To telephone.
* 2006, Dominic Lavin, _Last Seen in Bangkok_
"Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. BELL us on the mobile.
* (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
_Hops BELL._
TRANSLATIONS
From Middle English belle, from Old English belle (“bell”), from Proto-Germanic
*bellǭ, from
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, resound, talk, roar, bello”). Cognate
with West Frisian belle, bel (“bell”), Dutch bel (“bell”), Low German Belle, Bel (“bell”), Danish bjelde (“bell”), Swedish bjälla (“bell”), Norwegian bjelle (“bell”), Icelandic bjalla (“bell”).
bell (plural bells)
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A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
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The sounding of a bell as a
signal.
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(chiefly UK, informal) A telephone call.
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I’ll give you a bell later.
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A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
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(music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
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(nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
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The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
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(computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).
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Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
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(architecture) The part of the capital of a
column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
bell (third-person singular simple present bells, present participle
belling, simple past and past participle belled)
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(transitive) To attach a bell to.
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Who will bell the cat?
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To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
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to bell a tube
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(slang, transitive) To telephone.
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(intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
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Hops bell.
Was die in der KategorieENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 2
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English - Etymology 2
From Old English _bellan_. Cognate with German _bellen_ (“to bark”).
VERB
BELL (_third-person singular simple present_ BELLS, _present participle_ BELLING, _simple past and past participle_ BELLED)
* (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
* 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, _A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature_:
This animal is said to _harbour_ in the place where he resides. When he cries, he is said to _BELL_; the print of his hoof is called the _slot_; his tail is called the _single_; his excrement the _fumet_; his horns are called his _head_ [...].
* (Can we date this quote?) Rudyard Kipling
As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled / Once, twice and again!
* 1955, William Golding, _The Inheritors_, Faber and Faber 2005, page 128:
Then, incredibly, a rutting stag BELLED by the trunks.
TRANSLATIONS
NOUN
BELL (_plural_ BELLS)
* The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
TRANSLATIONS
From Old English bellan. Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”).
bell (third-person singular simple present bells, present participle
belling, simple past and past participle belled)
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(intransitive) To bellow or roar.
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1774, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature:
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This animal is said to harbour in the place where he resides. When he cries, he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head [...].
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(Can we date this quote?) Rudyard Kipling
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As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled / Once, twice and again!
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1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, page 128:
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Then, incredibly, a rutting stag belled by the trunks.
bell (plural bells)
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The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a
hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
Was die in der KategorieCATALAN - ETYMOLOGY
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Was die in der KategorieCATALAN - REFERENCES
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Catalan - References
* Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). _Diccionari de la llengua catalana_ (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.
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