anel
Meaning
- (masculine) ring (small metal object)
- (colloquial,masculine) asshole; anus
- (masculine) annulus
- (masculine) annulus
Frequency
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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