nel

• nelu, ninel, anel

From Latin ānellus. Compare Romanian inel.

nel n (plural neali)

1. ring

• nilush

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

nel m (feminine na, neuter no, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

1. in the

• IPA^(key): [ˈnéːɬ]

nēl inan

1. first-person singular possessive singular of ēlli; (it is) my liver.

< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

• IPA^(key): /ˈnel/, [ˈne̞l]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification^(key): nel
• Hyphenation^(key): nel

nel (colloquial)

1. (counting) four

This form is used only in counting, i.e. not in attributive use.

• neljä

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + third-person masculine singular pronoun el (“he, him, it”).

nel m (feminine nela, masculine plural neles, feminine plural nelas)

1. in him, in it

nel

1. contraction of in il; in the

nel

1. Negative dependent form of bee:

   am (not), is (not), are (not)

   • Cha nel ad çheet er chor erbee.
     • They are not coming at all.
   • Cha nel eh ny phaitçhey nish.
     • He is no longer a child.
   • Cha nel mee boirit.
     • I am not bothered.
   • Cha nel oo slane.
     • You are not well.

• Used exclusively with cha.

• vel

nel

1. Contraction of ne + le (not it)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Mes dites moi, nel me celez

     But tell me, do not hide it from me

From no.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnel/ [ˈnel]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: nel

nel

1. (slang, Mexico, Central America, Peru) no; no way; nope

   –¿Irás a la fiesta? –Nel, estará muy aburrida.

   –Will you go to the party? –Nope, it'll be really boring

nel

1. (obsolete) contraction of en and el

The usage is similar to that of a particle.

• “nel”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “nel”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019