hazel

== English == === Alternative forms === hazle (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheɪzəl/ Rhymes: -eɪzəl === Noun === hazel (usually uncountable, plural hazels) (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. (countable) The nut of the hazel tree. (uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut. (mining, countable) Freestone. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (nut): filbert, hazelnut ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === hazel (comparative more hazel or (rare) hazeler, superlative most hazel or (rare) hazelest) Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour) ==== Derived terms ==== hazel-eyed ==== Translations ==== === See also === lamb's tails sweet gum Appendix:Colors === References === === Anagrams === Zahlé, hazle == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hasel, from Old Dutch *hasal, from Proto-West Germanic *hasl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.zəl/ Hyphenation: ha‧zel === Noun === hazel m (plural hazels, no diminutive) (rare, dated, literary) hazel 1822, Jacob Geel, Proeven eener navolging van de Lady of the Lake van Walter Scott, vol. 1, in Magazijn voor Wetenschappen, Kunsten en Letteren, vol. 2, page 11. 1924 August 27, Kees van Bruggen, "Het bad aan de Blauwe Zee. Clytemnestra, Klein Duimpje en de laatsten der Azteken", Algemeen Handelsblad (evening edition, part 2), vol. 97, no. 31420, page 5. 1925 February 22, Reinder Jakobus de Stoppelaar, "De Hazelaar", Het Vaderland (morning edition), B, page 1. Synonym: hazelaar ==== Derived terms ==== == Extremaduran == === Alternative forms === jadel === Etymology === Inherited from Latin facere. Compare Spanish hacer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [haˈðel] === Verb === hazel to do, to make ==== Quotations ==== "Esta sala de tanta estoria molinera es gastá ogañu pa hazel ritus paganus, pos se vein un pentagrama canteau pabaxu conas letras ebreas enas cincu puntas pintau ena paré i ala isquierda un oju de Oru." Cúyu pan esgarras? - "El molinu las Pilas dela Conquista la Sierra"