quell
Significat (Anglès)
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- To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
- To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
- (obsolete) To kill.
- (obsolete) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
- To die.
Sinònims
overbear
control oneself
choke down
force back
choke back
trample underfoot
have the best
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kwɛl/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”). Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet.
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