bikkel

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) talus, a bone in a sheep's heel
2. (masculine) such a bone (often worked and) used as in a dice-like game of chance
3. (masculine) any artificial, similar throwing device; a die
4. (masculine) pebble
5. (masculine) robust, resilient person
6. (masculine) pickaxe

Concepts

osselet

Synonymes

houweel

botje

Traductions

strong man

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɪ.kəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: pickel

Appartenant à allemand: Bickel

In summary

From Middle Dutch pickel, *bickel, formed from picken, bicken (modern pikken and bikken).
Cognate with German Bickel, older form of Pickel.