name
Meaning 1
A Swiss commune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Gimel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʒiˈmɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
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/ˈɡɪ.məl/
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rhymes with -ɪməl
noun
Meaning 2
The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
Etymology
From Hebrew גימל (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick. Doublet of gamma.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جِيم (jīm) — Semitic letter
- Catalan: guímel — Semitic letter
- Finnish: gimel — Semitic letter
- French: guimel — Semitic letter
- French: ghimel — Semitic letter
- French: gimel — Semitic letter
- Hebrew: גִּימֶל (gimel) — Semitic letter
- Hebrew: ג — Semitic letter
- Italian: ghimel — Semitic letter
- Korean: 김멜 (gimmel) — Semitic letter
- Spanish: guímel — Semitic letter
- Urdu: جِیم (jīm) — Semitic letter
- Urdu: گِیمَل (gīmal) — Semitic letter
- Urdu: ج (j) — Semitic letter
- Yiddish: גימל (giml) — Semitic letter