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Meaning of "speel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPEEL

Probably from Old Norse; compare Norwegian spela, spila, Swedish spjela, spjelespill².
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEEL

speel  [spiːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Speel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPEEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of speel in the English dictionary

The definition of speel in the dictionary is a splinter of wood.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPEEL


appeal
əˈpiːl
bonspiel
ˈbɒnˌspiːl
glockenspiel
ˈɡlɒkənˌspiːl
kinderspiel
ˈkɪndəˌspiːl
kriegspiel
ˈkriːɡˌspiːl
langspiel
ˈlɑːŋˌʃpiːl
peal
piːl
peel
piːl
Peele
piːl
repeal
rɪˈpiːl
Singspiel
ˈzɪŋʃpiːl
soutpiel
ˈsaʊtˌpiːl
spiel
ʃpiːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEEL

speediest
speedily
speediness
speeding
speeding conviction
speeding fine
speeding ticket
speedless
speedo
speedometer
speedread
speedster
speedwalk
speedway
speedway racing
speedwell
Speedwriting
speedy
speeler
speer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEEL

at the wheel
banana peel
candied peel
carbon steel
eel
feel
flywheel
heel
keel
on an even keel
orange peel
rear wheel
reel
stainless steel
steel
steering wheel
the wheel
thumbwheel
toe and heel
wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of speel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «speel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEEL

Find out the translation of speel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

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1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

speel
570 millions of speakers

English

speel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

speel
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

speel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

speel
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

speel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

speel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

speel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Speel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

speel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木っ端
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

speel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

speel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

speel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Speel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

speel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Speel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

speel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

speel
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

speel
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Speel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

speel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

speel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEEL»

The term «speel» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.298 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «speel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «speel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEEL»

Discover the use of speel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Painted Enamels: An Illustrated Survey 1500-1920
Craftsmen from throughout the world have experimented with this complex process that fuses layers of coloured glass to metal.Erika Speel, a leading expert in the field, has taken on the enormous task of interpreting the vast history ...
Erika Speel, 2008
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Dictionary of enamelling
The Dictionary of Enamelling is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to this most diverse of the decorative arts.Indispensable for anyone interested in the evolution of enamelling technique, the book includes some 400 entries ...
Erika Speel, 1998
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Lewe
Dit is hulle hele lewe, en ek wonder: Het ons verleer om te speel? Hoekom neem ons die lewe so ernstig op? Waar het die speel-speel heengegaan en hoe kry ons die speel-speel weer terug? Is dit moontlik om genot en vreugde in die lewe,  ...
Dr Brenda Hattingh, 2011
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The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete ...
... to SPEE-seez. A pronunciation maven can only pray that the evolution of the insufferable SPEE-seez stops there. spiel SPEEL, not SHPEEL. Spiel, says Garner (2003), "is best pronounced /speel/, not in the mock- Yiddish fashion that has ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2006
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Studies in Linguistic Motivation
Günter Radden, Klaus-Uwe Panther. (6) Ons het speel-speel die werk afgehandel. We have play-play the work finished 'We have finished the work easily' Following from this working definition we can formulate the construction schema for the ...
Günter Radden, Klaus-Uwe Panther, 2004
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A Psalm for Cock Robin: A Harp and His (Dead) Mother Mystery
Harp tries to remember if he's ever seen Speel in the men's bathroom. Maybe not. He's really surprised to find out Speel is a girl. Speel's voice isn't even high like a girl's. She talks kind of rough and acts like boys do. Harp wonders if anybody ...
E.E. “Doc” Murdock, 2013
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Roots of Afrikaans: Selected Writings of Hans Den Besten
WAT, 1.6, 6, 198 also lists simplex aan and reduplicated ane-ane, with nominal plural suffix, as variants), skool-skool speel [school-school play] 'to play school', huis(ie)huis(ie) speel [house-house play] 'to play house', dokter-dokter speel ...
Hans den Besten, Ton van der Wouden, 2012
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Tectonics of the Coast Mountains, Southeastern Alaska and ...
Pluton' Age (Ma) References Mt. Juneau 71.6 ±1.2 Carlson Creek 66.4 ± 0.8-67.4 ± 0.8 Speel River: ca. 60 Tracy Arm 60.4 + 1 .3/ - 3.0 Tracy Arm 56.3 ± 1.4 - 61.7 ± 0.5 Mt. Sumdum 57.1 ± 0.7 - 62.7 ± 0.7 Fords Terror 56.6 ± 0.3 Endicott Arm ...
Harold Hilton Stowell, William C. McClelland, 2000
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Prime Suspect 3: Silent Victims
Lynda La Plante. The receptionist was on the phone. She had been on the phone ever since Tennison arrived, nearly ten minutes earlier. Tennison looked at her watch and tried to attract Margaret Speel's attention. 'Did you look for the signs?
Lynda La Plante, 2013
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From Sign to Signing: Iconicity in Language and Literature 3
The directive Speel-speel... ( 'play-play') — itself a reduplication — followed by a proposition (e.g. 'we are frogs') functions as a game initiator or speech act facilitating entry into the world of make-believe. Repetition functions in an incantatory ...
Wolfgang G. Müller, Olga Fischer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speel is used in the context of the following news items.
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EredivisiePro: speel nu mee!
Speel ook tegen oud-voetbalprofs als Sonny Silooy, Ed de Goeij en Ruud Geels en laat zien dat jij meer kijk hebt op het spelletje. We hebben EredivisiePro voor ... «Telegraaf.nl, Jul 15»
2
In deze game speel je Flappy Bird in virtual reality
Hierna speel je vanuit het oogpunt van het vogeltje, dat door de bekende groene buizen moet vliegen om punten te scoren. Het behalen van hoge scores is in ... «Android Planet, Jul 15»
3
Speel Sporza Tour Manager en win een Sporza Wieleroutfit
... met Sporza Tour Manager. Hoe goed doe jij het? Speel mee en maak kans op een Sporza Wieleroutfit, Tour de France-games en het boek Vive Le Vélo. «Sporza.be, Jun 15»
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Top 5 beste multiplayer apps om met vrienden te spelen
De App Store en Play Store staan tegenwoordig vol met unieke en innovatieve apps. Sommige apps speel je alleen, andere apps speel je tegen vreemden of ... «XGN.nl, Jun 15»
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Speel-o-theek gaat verhuizen: Burgemeester Van Erk op bezoek
HILLEGOM - De Speel-o-Theek Hillegom had woensdag 17 juni burgemeester Arie van Erk op bezoek om een kijkje te nemen in het pand in de Maartenshof ... «Dichtbij.nl, Jun 15»
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Burgemeester Kolff op bezoek bij CBS 't Speel-Kwartier
VEENENDAAL - Burgemeester van Veenendaal Wouter Kolff is op donderdag 18 juni op bezoek geweest bij groep 6a van CBS 't Speel-Kwartier uit ... «De Gelderlander, Jun 15»
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Van Gaal kan opnieuw spits doorstrepen: "Speel al bij een grote club"
Manchester United kan de jacht op Harry Kane staken. De spits is blij met alle interesse, maar hij wil nog niet vertrekken bij Tottenham Hotspur. Afgelopen ... «Soccernews.nl, Jun 15»
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Speel-o-theek de Boshut in Holten verhuist
De Boshut gaat vanuit het Kulturhus aan Tuinstraat naar basisschool de Regenboog aan de Schoolstraat 9. De speel-o-theek sluit vanaf maandag 22 juni en ... «De Stentor, Jun 15»
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Met dit apparaat speel je games van 11 retroconsoles
Super Mario Land voor de Game Boy, Killer Instinct voor de SNES en Streets of Rage 2 voor je Megadrive: al deze klassiekers speel je nu met hetzelfde ... «Apparata, May 15»
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Speel het grote Songfestival-cliché bingospel
Meedoen is belangrijker dan winnen. Dat geldt misschien voor het Songfestival zelf, maar zeker niet voor het grote Songfestival-cliché bingospel. Of je nou ... «NOS op 3, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Speel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/speel>. Apr 2024 ».
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