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veal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The female genitalia.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
veel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
veale alternative, obsolete lexicographic
veals Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

chicken · mutton · poultry · pork · cabrito · lamb

Deriveds

bod veal · rose veal · vealer · veal crate · vealburger · vealy · veal-skin · veal Orloff · veal Milanese · try the veal · vealskin · veal Orlov · veallike

Hypernyms

cowflesh · oxflesh · substance · food · stuff · material · meat · cowmeat · beef

Synonyms

calfmeat · calfflesh

Translations (62)

ko 송아지 고기 (flesh of a calf) · yi קעלבערנס (flesh of a calf) · ru теля́тина (flesh of a calf) · mk телешко (flesh of a calf) · ca vedella (flesh of a calf) · hu borjúhús (flesh of a calf) · ang ċealf (flesh of a calf) · gl tenreira (flesh of a calf) · da kalvekød (flesh of a calf) · ar لَحْم عِجْل (flesh of a calf) · tr dana eti (flesh of a calf) · sh teletina (flesh of a calf) · bg те́лешко месо́ (flesh of a calf) · fi vasikka (flesh of a calf) · pl cielęcina (flesh of a calf) · lb Kalleffleesch (flesh of a calf) · lv teļa gaļa (flesh of a calf) · nl kalfsvlees (flesh of a calf) · uk теля́тина (flesh of a calf) · el μοσχάρι (flesh of a calf) · mk јунешко (flesh of a calf) · id daging sapi muda (flesh of a calf) · ka ხბოს ხორცი (flesh of a calf) · et vasikaliha (flesh of a calf) · pt vitela (flesh of a calf) · de Kalbfleisch (flesh of a calf) · fi vasikanliha (flesh of a calf) · fr veau (flesh of a calf) · lt veršiena (flesh of a calf) · cmn 小牛肉 (flesh of a calf) · nb kalvekjøtt (flesh of a calf) · la vitulīna (flesh of a calf) · sv kalvkött (flesh of a calf) · mt vitella (flesh of a calf) · sh телетина (flesh of a calf) · el μοσχαράκι (flesh of a calf) · gd feòil-laoigh (flesh of a calf) · he עֵגֶל (flesh of a calf) · gl vitela (flesh of a calf) · tl karning-guya (flesh of a calf) · yi קאַלבנפֿלייש (flesh of a calf) · eu txahalki (flesh of a calf) · nrf vieau (flesh of a calf) · be цяляціна (flesh of a calf) · ang ċealfes flǣsċ (flesh of a calf) · cs telecí (flesh of a calf) · nn kalvekjøtt (flesh of a calf) · sv kalv (flesh of a calf) · ro vițel (flesh of a calf) · nv béégashii yáázh bitsįʼ (flesh of a calf) · ak nantwie ba nam (flesh of a calf) · es ternera (flesh of a calf) · eo bovidaĵo (flesh of a calf) · ga laofheoil (flesh of a calf) · ro carne de vițel (flesh of a calf) · it vitello (flesh of a calf) · vo smaxolamit (flesh of a calf) · nn kalvekjøt (flesh of a calf) · gv feill lheiy (flesh of a calf) · is kálfakjöt (flesh of a calf) · yue 牛仔肉 (flesh of a calf) · ja 仔牛肉 (flesh of a calf)

wikidata: Q957434

veal en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

Meanings

  1. To raise a calf for meat production.
    • It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body. 1852, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Desert Home:
    • The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf. 1811, George B. Worgan, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall, Great Britain: Board of Agriculture, page 144:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vealed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vealed Tense=Past lexicographic
vealing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
veale alternative, obsolete lexicographic
veel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
veals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic