well

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
2. Completely, fully.
3. To a significant degree.
4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
5. In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Adj

1. In good health.
2. (hypercorrect) Good, content.
3. (uncommon) Prudent; good; well-advised.
4. (archaic) Good to eat; tasty, delicious.

Intj

1. Used as a discourse marker.
2. Used as a discourse marker.
3. Used as a discourse marker.
4. An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
5. An exclamation of indignance.
6. (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
7. Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

Noun

1. A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
2. A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
3. A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
4. (figuratively) A source of supply.
5. A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
6. The cockpit of a sailboat.
7. A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
8. A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
9. A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
10. An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
11. The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
12. The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
13. A well drink.
14. The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
15. In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
16. The region of an interface that contains tabs.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
2. (intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.

Concepts

bien

👍

puits

source

bon

👍

eh bien

alors

sain

⚕️

fontaine

⛲

°

donc

en bonne santé

meilleur

santé

⚕️

largement

puit

d’accord

de puits

écoutez

heureusement

émaner

richement

convenablement

oh

étang

considérablement

sérieusement

bien portant

⚕️

particulièrement

précisément

premièrement

profondément

proprement

réservoir

spécialement

surtout

terriblement

tout à fait

très

vachement

🩸

avec succès

ben

bien connu

bien nourri

bon alors

ça va

d’abord

pardi

suffisament

tiens

et bien

Synonymes

healthy

⚕️

good

👍

properly

so

spring

nicely

fine

then

now

thoroughly

sound

🔉

all right

yes

shaft

pit

in good health

well then

carefully

excellently

oh

right

indeed

beautifully

waterhole

okay

fountain

⛲

source

nice

skillfully

OK

🆗

rightly

much

ok

🆗

pond

pool

splendidly

really

very well

completely

very

come on

easily

wellspring

hole

🕳️

correctly

hale

happy

😀

whole

fit

ably

Traductions

bien

pozo

Brunnen

gut

👍

bene

pozzo

bem

poço

wel

put

wohl

nun

gesund

⚕️

goed

👍

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɛl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wel

Hérité de ancien anglais: wel

Appartenant à écossais: wele

Appartenant à frison septentrional: wel

Appartenant à frison occidental: wol

Appartenant à néerlandais: wel

Appartenant à bas-allemand: wol

Appartenant à allemand: wol

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à danois: vel

Appartenant à suédois: väl

Appartenant à islandais: vel

Hérité de moyen anglais: welle

Hérité de ancien anglais: wielle

Appartenant à frison occidental: wel

Appartenant à allemand: Welle

Appartenant à danois: væld

Appartenant à islandais: vella

Hérité de moyen anglais: wellen

Hérité de ancien anglais: weallan

Appartenant à allemand: wallen

Appartenant à danois: vælde

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: vella

Appartenant à albanais: valë

In summary

From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *wala (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“wish, desire”).
Cognate with Scots wele, weil (“well”), North Frisian wel, weil, wal (“well”), West Frisian wol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), Low German wol (“well”), German wohl (“well”), Norwegian and Danish vel (“well”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vel, val (“well”). Related to will.

Phrases

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

Le lendemain, le garçon est retourné au puits, espérant voir la fille.

As his reputation grew , job offers did as well .

Au fur et à mesure que sa réputation grandissait, les offres d'emploi l'ont également fait.

At that time , he observed , Democracy works well in Turkey .

À cette époque, a-t-il observé, la démocratie fonctionne bien en Turquie.

The software was well received , and people began contributing to its development .

Le logiciel a été bien reçu et les gens ont commencé à contribuer à son développement.

As well as Diptera he collected Lepidoptera .

Ainsi que Diptera, il a collecté des lépidoptères.

Meanwhile , Patrese got past Piquet as well and set off after the Jordan .

Pendant ce temps, Patrese a également dépassé Piquet et est parti après le Jordan.