English

Noun

vel

1. (logic) The ∨ symbol used to represent the inclusive or logical connective.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Sainsbury, Mark (2001). Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic. Blackwell Publishing. p. 55.

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin velum.

Noun

vel m

1. veil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wala, Proto-Indo-European *uelH- 'to turn, twist'. From the same root of vjell and vjel.

Verb

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

1. I feel nauseated, sick

Related terms

• vjell
• vjel

Catalan

Noun

vel m ‎(plural vels)

1. veil

Cornish

Noun

vel

1. Soft mutation of mel.

Czech

Verb

vel

1. imperative of velet

Danish

Interjection

vel

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

   Der er ikke slanger, vel?

   There are not snakes, are there?

   Du er ikke sur på mig, vel?

   You are not angry with me, are you?

Antonyms

• ikke?, ikke sandt?, ikke også?

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology

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.

Noun

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
5. A rag, shred

   Zijn onderbroek hing in vellen na de stokslagen

   His briefs were shredded after the caning

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• vellig (adjective)
• velploter m
• dierenvel n
• dik vel n
• nekvel n
• olifantenvel n

Verb

vel

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

References

• 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

Dutch Low Saxon

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

German Low German

Adverb

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Adjective

vel

1. Alternative spelling of veel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

Adverb

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

1. well

Derived terms

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

Verb

vel

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

Latin

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wel/, [wɛɫ]

Conjunction

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

Usage notes

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

Descendants

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

See also

• aut

References

• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vĕl”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,651.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
• “uel” on page 2,021–2,022 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “vel” on page 1,068/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

Latvian

Verb

vel

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

Livonian

Etymology

Compare Estonian veel, Latvian vēl ‎(“more, else, yet”). According to Karulis vēl in Latvian 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vel/

Adverb

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

References

1. ↑ veel in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, ISBN 978-9985-79-478-4
2. ↑ Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, ISBN 978-9984-49-730-3

Lojban

Rafsi

vel

1. rafsi of ve.

Manx

Verb

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?

Usage notes

• Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

vel

1. well

Derived terms

References

• “vel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adverb

vel

1. well

Derived terms

Verb

vel

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

References

• “vel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

vel n

1. A fur

Descendants

• German: Fell

Old Norse

Etymology

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).

Adverb

vel (comparative betr, superlative bezt)

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

Descendants

References

• 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)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • time assuages the most violent grief: vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
    

Polish

Etymology

From the Latin conjunction vel ‎(“or”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

vel

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

Volapük

Numeral

vel

1. (cardinal) seven

Derived terms

• velüm