gevel

Meaning

façade (of a building)

Concepts

facade

frontage

façade

battlefront

front

forehead

gable

ade

fac

Synonyms

front

façade

voorzijde

voorkant

pui

voorgevel

voorpui

voorhoofd

voorhoofdsbeen

neus

👃

facade

Hyphenated as

ge‧vel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɣeː.vəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gevel

Inherited from Old Dutch:

Inherited from Frankish: *gebil

Cognate with Old High German: gibil

Cognate with German: Giebel

Cognate with Old Norse: gafl

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰

Cognate with Middle High German: gebel

Cognate with Old High German: gebal

In summary

From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.