javel

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒævəl/

javel (plural javels)

1. (obsolete) A vagabond.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     But the right gentle mind would bite his lip,
     To hear the javel: so good men to nip

Probably after German jawohl, see ja, vel.

javel

1. (emphatic, especially military) yes, yessir, affirmative (addressing a superior)

• (rare) javelle

Ellipsis of eau de Javel.

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.vɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: javèle, javèlent, javèles, javelle, javellent, javelles

javel f (plural javels)

1. bleach

   Synonym: eau de Javel

• → Russian: жаве́ль (žavélʹ)

• “javel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.