anel

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Meaning

  1. (masculine) ring (small metal object)
  2. (colloquial,masculine) asshole; anus
  3. (masculine) annulus
  4. (masculine) annulus

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
a‧nel
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈnɛw/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo. Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

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