eel

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

anguille

Aal

anguilla

anguila

χέλι

paling

enguia

aal

anguilla

anguila

yılan balığı

anguila

مارماسی

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: el

Inherited from Old English: ǣl

Cognate with Western Frisian: iel

Cognate with Dutch: aal

Cognate with German: Aal

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: 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”).