fele

== English == === Alternative forms === feel, feele, fell === Etymology === From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few. === Adverb === fele (dialectal or obsolete) greatly, much, very === Adjective === fele (comparative feler, superlative felest) (dialectal or obsolete) much; many. So fele shippes this yere there ware / That moch losse for vnfreyght they bare. So fele ships this year there were / that much loss for unfreight they bore. ==== Derived terms ==== feelefold the felest — the majority, most === Pronoun === fele (dialectal or obsolete) many (of). === Anagrams === elfe, feel, flee, leef == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛlɛ] Hyphenation: fe‧le Rhymes: -lɛ === Etymology 1 === ==== Postposition ==== fele (folksy) alternative form of felé (“toward(s), around”) === Etymology 2 === From the fel- stem of fél (“half”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix). ==== Adjective ==== fele (not comparable) half (of the) A fele gond az enyém. ― Half (of) the trouble is mine. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== fele third-person singular single-possession possessive of fél: its half, half of… A pénz fele az enyém. ― Half of the money is mine. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === (noun sense; a derivative of fél (“its half”)): (2): fél in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (adjective): fele in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (postposition; dialectal alternative form of felé (“towards him/her/it”)): (1): felé in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.le] === Noun === fēle ablative singular of fēlēs === References === "fele", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English fela, felu, from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. ==== Alternative forms ==== fale, feel, fel, feole, vele feala, fela, felæ, feola, veole (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛːl(ə)/ ==== Determiner ==== fele Many, much; an indefinite large number of or quantity. ===== Derived terms ===== felefold ===== Descendants ===== English: fele (obsolete, dialectal) Middle Scots: fele (poetic) ==== Pronoun ==== fele Many, much; an indefinite large number of or quantity. ===== Descendants ===== English: fele (obsolete, dialectal) Middle Scots: fele (poetic) ==== Adjective ==== fele great, large, extreme (rare) numerous, manifold ===== Descendants ===== English: fele (obsolete) Middle Scots: fele (poetic) ==== Adverb ==== fele In a large amount or magnitude; much. Very; to an extreme degree. ===== Descendants ===== English: fele (obsolete) Middle Scots: fele (poetic) ==== References ==== “fēle, indef. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “fēle, adv..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English fǣle, from Proto-West Germanic *failī, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== feele, fell, felle feale (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛːl(ə)/ ==== Adjective ==== fele (uncommon) good, excellent ===== Descendants ===== English: feal Scots: feal, feel, feil ==== References ==== “fēle, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === A back-formation from felen (“to feel”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfeːl(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== fele (uncountable) (rare, Northern) The sense of touch; the capacity to feel. (by extension) Awareness, perception. ===== Descendants ===== English: feel Scots: feel ==== References ==== “fẹ̄le, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== fele alternative form of felawe === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== fele alternative form of felen (“to feel”) == Neapolitan == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈfɛːlə] (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈfeːlə] === Noun === fele m (plural [please provide]) bile === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 140: “il fiele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “fèle”, in Schedario Napoletano == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse fiðla. Compare English fiddle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːle/, [ˈfeː.lə] === Noun === fele f or m (definite singular fela or felen, indefinite plural feler, definite plural felene) a fiddle, especially one used in Norwegian folk music (colloquial) a violin Synonym: fiolin (figuratively, humorous) any form of stringed instrument ==== Derived terms ==== felemusikk hardingfele === References === “fele” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse fiðla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːle/, [ˈfeː.lə] === Noun === fele f (definite singular fela, indefinite plural feler, definite plural felene) a violin a fiddle; any form of stringed instrument ==== Synonyms ==== (violin): fiolin ==== Derived terms ==== felemusikk hardingfele === References === “fele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeː.le/ === Verb === fēle inflection of fēlan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive == Old Irish == === Verb === fele (relative) alternative form of fil == Spanish == === Verb === fele inflection of felar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative