pels

See also: pèls and pels'

English

Noun

pels

1. plural of pel

Anagrams

• PSLE, LEPs, Psel, leps, LPEs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pels, from Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

Noun

pels (plural pelse, diminutive pelsie)

1. A fur, the fur coat of certain mammals.

Derived terms

• pelsrob

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəls/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /pels/

Preposition

pels

1. Contraction of per els.

See also

• pel

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse pilz, via Middle Low German pels, from Medieval Latin pellicea, from Latin pellis (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/, [pʰɛlˀs]

Noun

pels c (singular definite pelsen, plural indefinite pelse)

1. A fur, coat
2. A fur coat.

Declension

Declension of pels

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pels	pelsen	pelse	pelsene
genitive	pels'	pelsens	pelses	pelsenes

References

• “pels” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pelse, from Latin pellicia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛls/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pels
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Noun

pels m (plural pelzen, diminutive pelsje n)

1. a fur, the fur coat of certain mammals

Synonyms

• vacht

Derived terms

• pelsdier
• pelshandel
• pelsjager
• pelsmantel
• pelsmuts
• pelsrob
• pelswerk

- fur types

• berenpels
• winterpels
• zomerpels

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pels

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pellis (“pelt, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛls/
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Noun

pels m (genitive singular pels, nominative plural pelsar)

1. A fur coat.

Declension

Declension of pels (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pels	pelsinn	pelsar	pelsarnir
accusative	pels	pelsinn	pelsa	pelsana
dative	pelsi	pelsinum	pelsum	pelsunum
genitive	pels	pelsins	pelsa	pelsanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz.

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelser, definite plural pelsene)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat .

Derived terms

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels
• pelshandel
• pelsverk
• vinterpels

References

• “pels” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pels” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pilz.

Noun

pels m (definite singular pelsen, indefinite plural pelsar, definite plural pelsane)

1. A fur
2. A fur coat .

Derived terms

• bjørnepels
• fuskepels
• pelshandel
• pelsverk
• vinterpels

References

• “pels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Contraction

pels

1. Contraction of per los.

Swedish

Noun

pels c

1. Obsolete spelling of päls.

Anagrams

• spel