eel

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
2. A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
3. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
4. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
5. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
6. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
7. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
8. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
9. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
10. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
11. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
12. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
13. Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fish for eels.
2. (intransitive) To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

Sinonieme

freshwater eel

lamprey

conger eel

European eel

rascal

roughneck

streamer

large dance piece

anguilla

intestinal worm

giant moray eel

European conger

seismic cable

common eel

vagabond

grig

moray eel

python

Vertalings

anguille

Aal

anguilla

anguila

χέλι

paling

enguia

aal

anguilla

anguila

yılan balığı

anguila

مارماسی

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/iːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: el

Geërf van Old English: ǣl

Verwante met Fries: iel

Verwante met Nederlands: aal

Verwante met Duits: Aal

Verwante met Sweeds: -

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Noors: ål

In summary

From Middle English el, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ål (“eel”).