spell

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
3. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

Verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb

1. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
3. (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To clarify; to explain in detail.
5. (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun.
6. To constitute; to measure.
7. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
8. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Verb

1. (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
2. (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
3. (colloquial, intransitive) To rest from work for a time.

Concepten

spellen

betovering

ban

periode

begoocheling

betekenen

toverspreuk

charme

sierlijkheid

bedoelen

tijdperk

tijdvak

🅰️

toverij

tijdsinterval

invallen voor

Synoniemen

charm

incantation

enchantment

curse

magic

🪄

sorcery

fascination

curses

period

hex

mean

magic spell

magical spell

verse

signify

witchcraft

trance

time

⌚

write

✍️

bewitch

exorcism

turn

term

spell out

season

moment

attraction

shift

denote

conjuration

while

fit

epoch

relieve

malediction

tour

replace

age

rest

substitute

patch

delusion

magic word

bout

lifetime

burst

letter

piece

imply

import

Vertalingen

épeler

sillabare

deletrear

Zauber

charme

buchstabieren

Zauberspruch

sort

soletrar

verset

hechizo

compitare

incantesimo

lletrejar

feitiço

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spɛl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spell

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spell

Verwant aan Duits: Spill

Verwant aan IJslands: spjall

Verwant aan Albanees: fjalë

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spellen

Verwant aan Frans: épeler

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spellian

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spelen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spelian

Verwant aan Middelengels: spale

Verwant aan Oudengels: spala

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spele

In summary

From Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to tell”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to speak, to sound”) with the s-mobile prefix. Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”).