hell
Meaning
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A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
Synonyms
world of spirits
Doomsday
gaming-house
Inferno
scorching heat
the underworld
theatre basement
theater basement
negative electricity
evil deeds
place of departed spirits
realm of woe
the grave
the lower world
way to evil
natherworld
infernal regions
violent disorder
gambling-booth
lower world
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛl/
Etymology
From Middle English helle, from Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“concealed place, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, save”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Low German Hell (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Norwegian helvete (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“the abode of the dead, death”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele.
Cognate with Western Frisian
hel
Cognate with Dutch
hel
Cognate with German
Hölle
Cognate with German
hell
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