whelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hweulu, plural of *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.

発音

• IPA: /hweːl/

名詞

whel (plural wheles)

1. A wheel (circular device for motion):
   1. The wheel as a symbol of fluctuation or repetition.
   2. A breaking wheel; a wheel used as for torture.
2. A wheel as or in a machine (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel).
3. A circular movement or figure (especially in astronomy).
4. (rare) A hinge or pivot for a gate.

関連する語

• whelbarwe
• whelen
• whelere
• whelwryghte

派生した語

• English: wheel
  • → Maori: wīra
• Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile
  • Scots: wheel
• Yola: wheel

参照

• “whēl(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.