pele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pele"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlɛ]

Noun

pele

1. vocative singular of pel

Galician

Verb

pele

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu peli.

Noun

pele

1. skin

Hawaiian

Noun

pele

1. volcano

Hungarian

Etymology

A loanword from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peljā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”). Compare Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlɛ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

Noun

pele (plural pelék)

1. dormouse
2. (vulgar, slang) erect penis

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pele	pelék
accusative	pelét	peléket
dative	pelének	peléknek
instrumental	pelével	pelékkel
causal-final	peléért	pelékért
translative	pelévé	pelékké
terminative	peléig	pelékig
essive-formal	peleként	pelékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pelében	pelékben
superessive	pelén	peléken
adessive	pelénél	peléknél
illative	pelébe	pelékbe
sublative	pelére	pelékre
allative	peléhez	pelékhez
elative	peléből	pelékből
delative	peléről	pelékről
ablative	pelétől	peléktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	peléé	peléké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pelééi	pelékéi

Possessive forms of pele

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pelém	peléim
2nd person sing.	peléd	peléid
3rd person sing.	peléje	peléi
1st person plural	pelénk	peléink
2nd person plural	pelétek	peléitek
3rd person plural	peléjük	peléik

Derived terms

Compound words

• pelepatkány

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 805

Further reading

• pele in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latvian

Pele (1)

Pele (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *peliā̃ (Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“grey”).

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Noun

pele f (5th declension)

1. mouse (esp. Mus musculus, domestic mouse)

   mājas pele ― house (= domestic) mouse

   peles ala ― mouse hole (lit. cave)

   peļu slazds, lamatas ― mousetrap

   peļu inde ― mouse poison

   peles pīkst ― mice squeak, beep

2. (computing, also datorpele) computer mouse (movable input device used to move a pointer on a graphic display)

   datorpele ― computer mouse

Declension

Declension of pele (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	pele	peles
genitive	peles	peļu
dative	pelei	pelēm
accusative	peli	peles
instrumental	peli	pelēm
locative	pelē	pelēs
vocative	pele	peles

Derived terms

• datorpele
• pundurpele

Related terms

• pelēks

See also

• žurka f

Lithuanian

Noun

pelè

1. instrumental singular of pelė̃ (“mouse”)

Noun

pẽle

1. vocative singular of pelė̃ (“mouse”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• peele, pile, pale

Etymology

From Old French pele, pale, from Latin pāla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːl(ə)/, /ˈpɛl(ə)/

Noun

pele (plural peles)

1. (Late Middle English) shovel, peel

Descendants

• English: peel

References

• “pē̆l(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pel, pelle

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pellem, from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-s, from *pel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛle/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: pe‧le

Noun

pele f (plural peles)

1. pelt; animal skin

Descendants

• Galician: pel
• Portuguese: pele

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pele”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “pele”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pel?e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Łęczyca) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.lɛ]

Preposition

pele

1. (Łęczyca) alternative form of podle

   pele drogi ― along the road

Further reading

• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “pele”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 230

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.lɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛli, (Portugal) -ɛlɨ
• Hyphenation: pe‧le

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pele, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

pele f (plural peles)

1. skin (outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal)
3. skin (outer protective layer of fruit)
4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) fur

Usage notes

There's a difference to be made in etymology 1 sense 2: pele refers to thin peels that can be easily cut or bruised, like of peaches. Casca usually refers to harder layers — like of apples and lemons, and ones that are usually called shells in English, like of coconuts — but can be used for any kind.

Derived terms

• pelagem
• pelanca
• pelar
• pele de galinha
• pele-do-diabo
• pele-vermelha
• peleiro
• pelezinha
• sentir na pele

Related terms

• pelica
• peliça
• película
• pelicular

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pele
• Kabuverdianu: peli

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pele

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pele”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pele”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pele”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “pele”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

pele

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tocharian B

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pele m

1. law, rule
2. prison

Derived terms

• empele (“terrible, awful”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “pele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpe.le]
• Hyphenation: pe‧le

Noun

pele

1. darling, sweetheart

Verb

pele

1. (stative) to be dear

Derived terms

• fakapele

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pele

1. page

   Synonym: per