axel

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• /ˈæk.səl/
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• homophone: axel
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• homophone: axil
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• homophone: axle
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• rhymes with -æksəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 K S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.

Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: Aksel — male given name
• Danish: Axel — male given name
• Estonian: Aksel — male given name
• Faroese: Áskil — male given name
• Faroese: Aksal — male given name
• Faroese: Aksel — male given name
• Finnish: Akseli — male given name
• French: Axel — male given name
• German: Axel — male given name
• Greek: Άξελος (Áxelos) — male given name
• Japanese: アクセル (Akuseru) — male given name
• Marathi: अॅक्सल (aĕksal) — male given name
• Norwegian: Aksel — male given name
• Norwegian: Axel — male given name
• Russian: А́ксель (Ákselʹ) — male given name
• Swedish: Axel — male given name
• Polish: aksel — Translations
• Polish: axel — Translations