bell

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
2. An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
3. The sounding of a bell as a signal.
4. (informal) A telephone call.
5. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
6. The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
7. Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
8. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
9. The bell character.
10. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
11. The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
12. A bubble.
13. (slang) Clipping of bell-end (“stupid or contemptible person”).

Verb

1. To attach a bell to.
2. To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
3. (slang) To telephone.
4. To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.

Verb

1. To bellow or roar.
2. To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.

Concepten

klok

bel

🔔

belletje

schel

rinkelbel

klokje

angelus

-klok

balken

bellen

💍

loeien

rinkebel

stolp

Synonyms

gong

buzzer

doorbell

chime

small bell

toll

clock

ring

💍

campana

watch

⌚

large bell

hand bell

bell shape

handbell

ship’s bell

jingle bell

socket

iron

knell

little

low

moo

mouthing

muff

musical instrument

o’clock

plunger

🪠

ring a bell

sleeve

small

ticker

time

⌚

timepiece

little bell

sleigh bell

BEL

infundibulum

phosphoriser

bell mouth

funnel-shaped opening

cascabel

toller

pipe socket

tree-type

muzzle bell

grain hopper

furnace lid

undercarriage bay

immersion bell

a

a

rutting call

alarm

bellflower

bell-mouthed

bowing

bunker

call

clapper

🎬

cone

cowbell

faucet

filler

flare

funnel

funnel shaped

hopper

horologe

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɛl/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: belle

Inherited from Oudengels: belle

Cognate with Fries: belle

Cognate with Nederlands: bel

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: Belle

Cognate with Deens: bjelde

Cognate with Zweeds: bjällra

Cognate with Noors: bjelle

Cognate with IJslands: bjalla

Inherited from Middelengels: bellen

Inherited from Oudengels: bellan

Cognate with Schots: bell

Cognate with Nederlands: bellen

Cognate with Duits: bellen

Cognate with Zweeds: böla

In summary

From Middle English belle, from Old English belle (“bell”), from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. Cognate with West Frisian belle, bel, Dutch bel, Low German Belle, Bel, Danish bjelde, Swedish bjällra, Norwegian bjelle, Icelandic bjalla.

Zinnen

Sound as a bell .

Geluid als een bel .

Red and green bell peppers are high in para-coumaric acid .

Rode en groene paprika's bevatten veel para-coumarinezuur.