gevel

Betekenis (Engels)

façade (of a building)

Sinonieme

front

façade

voorzijde

voorkant

pui

voorgevel

voorpui

voorhoofd

voorhoofdsbeen

neus

👃

facade

Vertalings

Fassade

Vorderseite

façade

Front

facade

front

frontage

fachada

façade

fachada

frente

fronte

facciata

vanguarda

front

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɣeː.vəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: gevel

Geërf van Old Dutch:

Geërf van Frankish: *gebil

Verwante met Old High German: gibil

Verwante met Duits: Giebel

Verwante met Old Norse: gafl

Verwante met Goties: 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰

Verwante met Middle High German: gebel

Verwante met Old High German: gebal

In summary

From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.