English

Noun

bedel ‎(plural bedels)

1. (historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.

   Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bedelen.

Verb

bedel ‎(present bedel, present participle bedelende, past participle gebedel)

1. To beg

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bedel

1. A toll, due, fee, contribution

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdel/
• Rhymes: -ɛdel
• Hyphenation: be‧del

Noun

bedel

1. genitive plural of bedla

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdəl/

Etymology 1

From bedelen

Noun

bedel m ‎(plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n)

1. The practice of begging, mendinancy

Synonyms

• gebedel
• bedelen

Derived terms

• bedelbidden
• bedelbruiker

Etymology 2

From German Pedell, from Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus.

Noun

bedel m ‎(plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A beadle, academic usher

Synonyms

• pedel

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

bedel

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

Anagrams

• beeld, belde

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence Italian bidello; also Dutch bedel, German Pedell), from Frankish *bidil ‎(“candidate, volunteer”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz ‎(“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną ‎(“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- ‎(“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil ‎(“herald, beadle”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz ‎(“herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną ‎(“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‎(“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German bitil "candidate", Old High German bittan "to ask", Old High German butil "beadle" (whence German Büttel), Old English bydel "apparitor, messenger, beadle", Old English bēodan "to announce". More at beadle, bid.

Noun

bedel m ‎(oblique plural bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative singular bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative plural bedel)

1. A beadle, academic usher

Descendants

• French: bedeau
• Italian: bidello (borrowed)

Spanish

Noun

bedel m, f ‎(plural bedeles)

1. janitor, porter

See also

• conserje m
• portero m