vel

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) a skin, a hide
2. (neuter) a fur, a pelt
3. (neuter) a sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page)
4. (neuter) a membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk
5. (neuter) a rag, a shred

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of vellen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of vellen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of vellen:

Concepts

skin

hide

pelt

sheet

leaf

flesh

🥩

fur

page

rags

shred

tatter

coat

🧥

woollen cloth

dermis

fell

film

📽️

folio

motion picture

movie

Synonyms

huid

pels

vacht

blad

leer

huidschilver

film

📽️

rolprent

📽️

dierevel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛl/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek πέλλα; cognate with German Fell.