betel

== English == === Alternative forms === beetel, beetle (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːtəl/ Homophones: beetle, Beatle === Noun === betel (usually uncountable, plural betels) Either of two (parts of) plants often used in combination: An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper. The betel palm, Areca catechu, and in particular its seed, the areca nut or betel nut. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === let be == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bétele \ bétel, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeː.təl/ Hyphenation: be‧tel Rhymes: -eːtəl === Noun === betel f (plural betels, no diminutive) betel betel vine, Piper betle Synonym: betelpeper betel palm, Areca catechu Synonyms: betelboom, betelpalm ==== Derived terms ==== betelblad betelboom betelnoot betelpalm betelpeper == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch beitel (“chisel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbə.təl/, [ˈbə.t̪əl] === Noun === betel (plural betel-betel) (colloquial) chisel Synonym: pahat === Further reading === “betel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.tel/ Rhymes: -ɛtel Hyphenation: bè‧tel === Noun === betel m (invariable) betel leaf, Piper betle === Further reading === betel in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Middle English == === Alternative forms === betell, beetel === Etymology === From Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beten +‎ -le. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeːtəl/ === Noun === betel (plural betels) mallet, maul, hammer bat, club, cudgel ==== Derived terms ==== batildore ==== Descendants ==== English: beetle ⇒ Yola: balbeedhel ==== References ==== “bẹ̄tel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.tɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛtɛl Syllabification: be‧tel === Noun === betel m inan betel, betel pepper (Piper betle) Synonyms: pieprz betelowy, pieprz żuwny betel (chewing preparation) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “betel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bétel. === Noun === betel m (plural beteli) (botany) betel ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Noun === betel m (plural beteles) betel === Further reading === “betel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025