eel

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/iːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: el

Hérité de ancien anglais: ǣl

Appartenant à frison occidental: iel

Appartenant à néerlandais: aal

Appartenant à allemand: Aal

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: 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”).

Concepts

anguille

flûte

🪈

flûte marine

civelle

flûte sismique

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Aal

anguilla

anguila

χέλι

paling

enguia

aal

węgorz

anguilla

anguila

yılan balığı

anguila

palingachtigen

węgorzokształtne

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