felt

== English == === Alternative forms === felte (archaic) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛlt/ Rhymes: -ɛlt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”, adjective), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil. ==== Noun ==== felt (countable and uncountable, plural felts) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. A hat made of felt. A felt-tip pen. (obsolete) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)(transitive) To make into felt or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. To cover with, or as if with, felt. (poker) To cause (a player) to lose all their chips. (by extension, Internet slang) To thoroughly defeat or humiliate (someone). ===== Derived terms ===== refelt ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old English fēled, corresponding to feel +‎ -ed. ==== Verb ==== felt simple past and past participle of feel ==== Adjective ==== felt (comparative more felt, superlative most felt) That has been experienced or perceived. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === flet, Left, TEFL, FLET, left == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German velt, from Old Saxon feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu. Gender changed by influence from mark. ==== Noun ==== felt c (singular definite felten, not used in plural form) field (the practical part of something) (e.g., sciences, military) field; an outlying area, as opposed to e.g. the lab, office or barracks ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From German Feld, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu. ==== Noun ==== felt n (singular definite feltet, plural indefinite felter) field sphere, province square ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “felt” in Den Danske Ordbog “felt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle English == === Alternative forms === felte, feltte, feelte === Etymology === From Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛlt/ === Noun === felt (plural feltes) Felted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt. A piece of headgear made from felted fabric; a felt hat. ==== Derived terms ==== felten felter ==== Descendants ==== English: felt Scots: felt ==== References ==== “felt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 September 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From German Feld. ==== Noun ==== felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt or felter, definite plural felta or feltene) field ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German velt. ==== Noun ==== felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable) field (in the military sense) ===== Derived terms ===== feltarbeid (from English) feltprest feltrasjon felttog === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== felt past participle of felle === References === “felt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. NAOB [1] == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From German Feld. ==== Noun ==== felt n (definite singular feltet, indefinite plural felt, definite plural felta) field ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German velt. ==== Noun ==== felt m (definite singular felten, uncountable) field (in the military sense) ===== Derived terms ===== feltarbeid (from English) feltprest feltrasjon felttog === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== felt past participle of fella === References === “felt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Dutch == === Alternative forms === feld ueld === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz. === Noun === felt n field ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: velt Dutch: veldAfrikaans: veld→ English: veldNegerhollands: veld→ Caribbean Javanese: fèlt ==== Further reading ==== “felt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *felt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /felt/, [feɫt] === Noun === felt m felt ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: felt, felte, feltte, feelteEnglish: feltScots: felt == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English felde, from Old English fylde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛlt/ === Verb === felt simple past of vill === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40