ezel

From Middle Breton esel, from Proto-Celtic *asselī. Compare Cornish esel and Irish esel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.zɛl/

ezel m

1. member

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/

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• Hyphenation: e‧zel
• Rhymes: -eːzəl

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

1. donkey, ass, Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus

   Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.

   A donkey brays: “hee-haw, hee-haw”.

2. fool, idiot

   Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!

   What are you doing? Dumb asses!

3. easel

   Synonym: schildersezel

   Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.

   Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.

• Afrikaans: esel
  • → Sotho: esele
  • → Xhosa: i-esile
• → English: easel
• Negerhollands: esel

• leze

Borrowed from German Esel, from Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Doublet of wósoł.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɛl/

ezel m animal

1. donkey (domestic animal)

   Synonym: wósoł

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ezel”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

ezel (definite accusative ezeli, uncountable)

1. eternity, time stretching back without beginning

From Old Frisian *esel, from Proto-West Germanic *asil.

ezel c (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltsje or ezelke)

1. (dated) donkey

• “ezel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011