debel

Compare French débeller. See debellate.

• IPA^(key): /dəˈbɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

debel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
   • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

     Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from heaven cast With all his army.

• “debel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Lebed, Bedel, beled, deleb, bleed, bedel

Inherited from Romani devel.

debel m

1. god (in general)

• “debel” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.

Borrowed from English doubles.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.bɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɛl
• Syllabification: de‧bel

debel m inan

1. (badminton, table tennis, tennis) doubles (game between pairs of players)

• debel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• debel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̀ːbɛʋ/

débeł (comparative debelȇjši, superlative nȁjdebelȇjši)

1. thick
2. fat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dêbel

1. genitive dual/plural of déblo

• “debel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “debel”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references