spell

(Английский)

Noun

1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
3. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

Verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb

1. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
3. (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To clarify; to explain in detail.
5. (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun.
6. To constitute; to measure.
7. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
8. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Verb

1. (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
2. (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
3. (colloquial, intransitive) To rest from work for a time.

Произносится как (IPA)

/spɛl/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: spell

Унаследовано от староанглийский: spell

Родственно немецкий: Spill

Родственно исландский: spjall

Родственно албанский: fjalë

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: spellen

Родственно французский: épeler

Унаследовано от староанглийский: spellian

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: spelen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: spelian

Родственно среднеанглийский: spale

Родственно староанглийский: spala

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: spele

In summary

From Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to tell”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to speak, to sound”) with the s-mobile prefix. Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”).

Синонимы

charm

incantation

enchantment

curse

magic

🪄

sorcery

fascination

curses

period

hex

mean

magic spell

magical spell

verse

signify

witchcraft

trance

time

⌚

write

✍️

bewitch

exorcism

turn

term

spell out

season

moment

attraction

shift

denote

conjuration

while

fit

epoch

relieve

malediction

tour

replace

age

rest

substitute

patch

delusion

magic word

bout

lifetime

burst

letter

piece

imply

import