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• /ˈpɛbəl/
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• [ˈphɛbəl] ~ [ˈphɛbl̩]
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From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: spoelklippie — stone
• Afrikaans: kiesel — stone
• Albanian: çakëll — stone
• Albanian: hakëll — stone
• Arabic: حَصَاة (ḥaṣāh) — stone
• Arabic: حصوة (ḥaṣwa) — stone
• Arabic: حصى (ḥaṣa) — stone
• Arabic: حَصْوة (ḥaṣwa) — stone
• Aromanian: chitritseauã — stone
• Azerbaijani: çınqıl — stone
• Azerbaijani: xırda çaydaşı — stone
• Bulgarian: гладко камъче (gladko kamǎče) — stone
• Catalan: còdol — stone
• Catalan: mac — stone
• Chinese Cantonese: 石仔 (sek6 zai2) — stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 礫石 /砾石 (lìshí) — stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 石子 (shízǐ) — stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 卵石 (luǎnshí) — stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 鵝卵石 /鹅卵石 (éluǎnshí) — stone
• Cornish: bili — stone
• Cornish: bilien — stone
• Czech: oblázek — stone
• Danish: ral — stone
• Danish: småsten — stone
• Dutch: kiezel — stone
• Dutch: kei — stone
• Dutch: steen — stone
• Esperanto: ŝtoneto — stone
• Estonian: veeris — stone
• Finnish: pikkukivi — stone
• Franco-Provençal: calyou — stone
• French: galet — stone
• French: caillou — stone
• Galician: seixo — stone
• Galician: pelouro — stone
• Galician: louro — stone
• Galician: callau — stone
• Galician: sento — stone
• Galician: radego — stone
• Galician: brello — stone
• Galician: candollo — stone
• Galician: xógara — stone
• Galician: salavedro — stone
• Galician: coio — stone
• Galician: rebo — stone
• Georgian: კენჭი (ḳenč̣i) — stone
• German: Stein — stone
• German: Steinchen — stone
• German: Kiesel — stone
• German: Kieselstein — stone
• Ancient Greek: ψῆφος (psêphos) — stone
• Ancient Greek: χάλιξ (khálix) — stone
• Hebrew: חַלּוּק (ẖalúq) — stone
• Hindi: पत्थर (patthar) — stone
• Hungarian: kavics — stone
• Icelandic: steinn — stone
• Ido: stono — stone
• Ido: stoneto — stone
• Indonesian: kerikil — stone
• Irish: méaróg — stone
• Italian: ciottolo — stone
• Japanese: 小石 (koishi) — stone
• Kazakh: жұмыр тас (jūmyr tas) — stone
• Korean: 자갈 (jagal) — stone
• Central Kurdish: زیخ (zîx) — stone
• Northern Kurdish: zixir — stone
• Latgalian: ūļs — stone
• Latgalian: akmisteņš — stone
• Latin: calculus — stone
• Latin: lapillus — stone
• Latvian: olis — stone
• Lithuanian: akmenukas — stone
• Lithuanian: žvirgždas — stone
• Lithuanian: gargždas — stone
• Luxembourgish: Wak — stone
• Luxembourgish: Kiselsteen — stone
• Macedonian: камче (kamče) — stone
• Brunei Malay: batu — stone
• Maltese: ċagħqa — stone
• Classical Nahuatl: ātōyātetl — stone
• Navajo: tséʼáwózí — stone
• Norman: galet — stone
• Norman: galot — stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: småstein — stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: småsten — stone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: småstein — stone
• Persian: سنگریزه (sangrize) — stone
• Persian: ریگ (rig) — stone
• Polish: kamyk — stone
• Polish: kamyczek — stone
• Portuguese: seixo — stone
• Portuguese: pedregulho — stone
• Portuguese: pedrinha — stone
• Romanian: pietricică — stone
• Romanian: pietriș — stone
• Romanian: prundiș — stone
• Russian: га́лька (gálʹka) — stone
• Scottish Gaelic: dèideag — stone
• Sicilian: timpa — stone
• Sicilian: pitruzza — stone
• Sicilian: pitruzzeḍḍa — stone
• Slovak: okruhliak — stone
• Southern Altai: сай (say) — stone
• Spanish: canto — stone
• Spanish: canto pelado — stone
• Spanish: canto rodado — stone
• Spanish: guijarro — stone
• Spanish: peladilla — stone
• Spanish: callao — stone
• Spanish: codón — stone
• Spanish: ripio — stone
• Spanish: morro — stone
• Spanish: china — stone
• Spanish: guija — stone
• Spanish: aguija — stone
• Spanish: chino — stone
• Spanish: chinarro — stone
• Spanish: rollo — stone
• Swedish: småsten — stone
• Tagalog: mikbato — stone
• Tajik: шағал (šaġal) — stone
• Tamil: கூழாங்கல் (kūḻāṅkal) — stone
• Thai: กรวด (grùat) — stone
• Turkish: çakıl — stone
• Ukrainian: га́лька (hálʹka) — stone
• Welsh: carreg gron — stone
• Woiwurrung: moomowroong — stone
• Yiddish: שטיינדל (shteyndl) — stone
• Yiddish: שטיינדעלע (shteyndele) — stone
• Catalan: mac — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• French: gravillon — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Hindi: कंकड़ (kaṅkaṛ) — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Macedonian: чакал (čakal) — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Macedonian: грагор (gragor) — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Norwegian: grus — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Norwegian: pukk — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Polish: otoczak — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Portuguese: seixo — rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
• Catalan: empedrar — To pave with pebbles
• Finnish: päällystää mukulakivillä — To pave with pebbles
• Galician: chapacuñar — To pave with pebbles
• Italian: acciottolare — To pave with pebbles
• Norwegian: gruslegge — To pave with pebbles
• Spanish: empedrar — To pave with pebbles