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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpiːl/
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• General-American: /əˈpiːl/
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• rhymes with -iːl
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellāreder. Old French apelerdeverb. Old French apelder. Middle English apel /appel English appeal From Middle English apel, appel (“formal accusation brought in court; a challenge to trial by combat; an appeal to a higher court or authority; plea (for mercy, protection, etc.); pealing (of bells)”) [and other forms], from Old French apel (“a call”) (modern French appel (“a call; an appeal”)), from apeler (“to call; to call out”), from Latin appellāre (“to address as, call by name; to drive, move to; to land or put ashore”), alternative form adpellāre, from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2éd (“at; to”)) + pellere (“to drive, impel, push; to hurl, propel; to banish, expel; to eject, thrust out”) + -āre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh2- (“to approach”), from *pel- (“to beat; to drive; to push”). Doublet of appel.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellāreder. Old French apelerdeverb. Old French apelder. Middle English apelen /appelen English appeal From Middle English apelen, appelen (“to accuse; to make a formal charge before a court, etc., impeach; to challenge to trial by combat; to apply to a higher court or authority for review of a decision; to call upon for a decision, favour, help, etc.; to call by a name”) [and other forms], from Old French apeler (“to call; to call out”); see further at etymology 1.

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِلْتِمَاس (iltimās) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Arabic: اِسْتِئْنَاف (istiʔnāf) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Armenian: բողոքարկում (boġokʻarkum) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Bengali: আপিল (apil) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Bulgarian: обжалване (obžalvane) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Catalan: apel·lació — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Chinese Mandarin: 上訴 /上诉 (shàngsù) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Czech: odvolání — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Dutch: beroep — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Esperanto: apelacio — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Estonian: apellatsioon — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Finnish: valitus — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• French: appel — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Georgian: აპელაცია (aṗelacia) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Georgian: გასაჩივრება (gasačivreba) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• German: Berufung — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Greek: έφεση (éfesi) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Hindi: याचिका (yācikā) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Hungarian: fellebbezés — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Indonesian: banding — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Irish: achomharc — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Italian: appello — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Italian: ricorso — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Japanese: 上告 (jōkoku) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Macedonian: апелација (apelacija) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Manx: aachlashtyn — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Māori: pīra — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Persian: فرجامخواهی — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Persian: استیناف — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: apelacja — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: rewizja — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Portuguese: apelação — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Portuguese: recurso — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Romanian: apel — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Romanian: recurs — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: апелля́ция (apelljácija) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: обжа́лование (obžálovanije) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-èisdeachd — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Spanish: apelación — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Spanish: recurso — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Turkish: istinaf — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Ukrainian: апеля́ція (apeljácija) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Ukrainian: оска́рження (oskáržennja) — application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court of judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Finnish: muutoksenhaku — legal document or form by which such an application is made
• Finnish: valittaminen — legal document or form by which such an application is made
• Italian: appello — legal document or form by which such an application is made
• Māori: pīra — legal document or form by which such an application is made
• Italian: appello — court case in which the application is argued
• Māori: pīra — court case in which the application is argued
• Finnish: valitusoikeus — person’s legal right to apply to court for such a review
• Finnish: siviilikanne — process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered
• Azerbaijani: çağırış — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Bulgarian: апел (apel) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Dutch: oproep — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Finnish: vetoomus — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Greek: προσφυγή (prosfygí) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Greek: έκκληση (ékklisi) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Hungarian: felhívás — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Hungarian: kérés — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Italian: appello — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Portuguese: apelo — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Russian: призы́в (prizýv) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Russian: воззва́ние (vozzvánije) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Spanish: postura — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Spanish: petición — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Spanish: apelación — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Swedish: appell — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Ukrainian: за́клик (záklyk) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Ukrainian: зве́рнення (zvérnennja) — call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof — see also entreaty
• Finnish: turvautuminen voimakeinoihin — resort to some physical means — see also recourse
• Greek: προσφυγή (prosfygí) — resort to some physical means — see also recourse
• Catalan: atractiu — power to attract or interest
• Finnish: vetovoima — power to attract or interest
• Finnish: viehätysvoima — power to attract or interest
• French: attrait — power to attract or interest
• German: Reiz — power to attract or interest
• Greek: έλξη (élxi) — power to attract or interest
• Greek: γοητεία (goïteía) — power to attract or interest
• Hungarian: varázs — power to attract or interest
• Hungarian: vonzerő — power to attract or interest
• Māori: turipū — power to attract or interest
• Persian: گیرایی — power to attract or interest
• Persian: جاذبه — power to attract or interest
• Persian: کشش — power to attract or interest
• Portuguese: apelo — power to attract or interest
• Romanian: atragere — power to attract or interest
• Russian: привлека́тельность (privlekátelʹnostʹ) — power to attract or interest
• Spanish: aliciente — power to attract or interest
• Spanish: atractivo — power to attract or interest
• Spanish: atracción — power to attract or interest
• Spanish: tener tilín — power to attract or interest
• Ukrainian: прива́бливість (pryváblyvistʹ) — power to attract or interest
• Greek: προσφυγή (prosfygí) — call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for the purposes of persuasion
• Spanish: recurso — call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for the purposes of persuasion
• Arabic: اِسْتَأْنَفَ (istaʔnafa) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Armenian: բողոքարկել (boġokʻarkel) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Catalan: apel·lar — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Chinese Mandarin: 上訴 /上诉 (shàngsù) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Czech: odvolat se — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Dutch: in beroep gaan — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Dutch: in hoger beroep gaan — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Esperanto: apelacii — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Finnish: valittaa — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• French: interjeter appel — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• French: faire appel — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Galician: apelar — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Georgian: გასაჩივრება (gasačivreba) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Georgian: აპელირება (aṗelireba) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• German: in Berufung gehen — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Greek: εφεσιβάλλω (efesivállo) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Greek: κάνω έφεση (káno éfesi) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Hindi: याचिका (yācikā) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Hungarian: fellebbez — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Indonesian: banding — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Irish: achomharc — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Māori: pīra — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: odwoływać się — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: odwołać się — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: apelować — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Polish: zaapelować — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Portuguese: recorrer — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Portuguese: apelar — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Romanian: apela — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Romanian: a face recurs — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: обжа́ловать (obžálovatʹ) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: опротесто́вывать (oprotestóvyvatʹ) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: опротестова́ть (oprotestovátʹ) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Russian: апелли́ровать (apellírovatʹ) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Spanish: apelar — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Swedish: överklaga — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Turkish: temyiz etmek — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Ukrainian: оска́ржувати (oskáržuvaty) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Ukrainian: оска́ржити (oskáržyty) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Ukrainian: апелюва́ти (apeljuváty) — (intransitive) to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned
• Hungarian: megfellebbez — (transitive) to apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge)
• Czech: apelovat — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Dutch: beroep doen op — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Dutch: appeleren — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Egyptian: spr:r-A2 (spr) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Finnish: pyytää — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Finnish: vedota — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• French: appeler (à) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Greek: επικαλούμαι (epikaloúmai) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Hungarian: apellál — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Hungarian: fordul — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Hungarian: folyamodik — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Hungarian: felhív — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Hungarian: hivatkozik — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Italian: appellarsi — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Japanese: 訴える (uttaeru) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Latin: obsecrō — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Persian: درخواست کردن (darxwâst kardan) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Polish: apelować — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Polish: zaapelować — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Portuguese: apelar — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Romanian: apela — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Spanish: apelar — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Ukrainian: зверта́тися (zvertátysja) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Ukrainian: зверну́тися (zvernútysja) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Ukrainian: апелюва́ти (apeljuváty) — to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one’s rights — see also entreat, invoke
• Dutch: appeleren — (cricket) of a fielding side: to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not
• Finnish: kysyä — (cricket) of a fielding side: to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not
• Ukrainian: заклика́ти (zaklykáty) — to call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
• Ukrainian: блага́ти (blaháty) — to call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
• Catalan: abellir — to be attractive
• Catalan: agradar — to be attractive
• Dutch: aantrekkelijk zijn — to be attractive
• Dutch: aantrekken — to be attractive
• Dutch: aanspreken — to be attractive
• Esperanto: plaĉi — to be attractive
• Finnish: viehättää — to be attractive
• Finnish: miellyttää — to be attractive
• French: plaire (à) — to be attractive
• German: ansprechen — to be attractive
• German: anziehen — to be attractive
• German: gefallen — to be attractive
• Greek: θέλγω (thélgo) — to be attractive
• Greek: ελκκύω (elkkýo) — to be attractive
• Greek: γοητεύω (goïtévo) — to be attractive
• Hungarian: tetszik — to be attractive
• Persian: جالب بودن (jâleb budan) — to be attractive
• Polish: podobać się — to be attractive
• Polish: spodobać się — to be attractive
• Portuguese: atrair — to be attractive
• Romanian: atrage — to be attractive
• Russian: нра́виться (nrávitʹsja) — to be attractive
• Russian: понра́виться (ponrávitʹsja) — to be attractive
• Spanish: llamar — to be attractive
• Ukrainian: прива́блювати (pryvábljuvaty) — to be attractive
• Ukrainian: подо́батися (podóbatysja) — to be attractive
• Ukrainian: сподо́батися (spodóbatysja) — to be attractive
• Finnish: haastaa — to summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat — see also challenge