peel

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From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.

From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Doublet of pole and pale.

From Middle English pele, from Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin pāla, from the base of plangō (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.

Unknown.

Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.

From Old French piller (“pillage”).

301 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Irish: Purt na hInse — the town
• Manx: Purt ny h-Inshey — the town
• Chinese Cantonese: 皮爾 /皮尔 (pei4 ji5) — regional municipality
• Chinese Mandarin: 皮爾 /皮尔 (Pí'ěr) — regional municipality
• French: Peel — regional municipality
• Albanian: lëvozhgë — skin of a fruit
• Arabic: قِشْرَة (qišra) — skin of a fruit
• Arabic: قِشْر (qišr) — skin of a fruit
• Armenian: կեղեւ (keġew) — skin of a fruit
• Azerbaijani: qabıq — skin of a fruit
• Bashkir: ҡабыҡ (qabıq) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: ску́рка (skúrka) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: лупі́на (lupína) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: лушпі́на (lušpína) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: шалупі́на (šalupína) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: шалупа́йка (šalupájka) — skin of a fruit
• Belarusian: ко́рка (kórka) — skin of a fruit
• Bhojpuri: छाल (chāl) — skin of a fruit
• Bulgarian: кора́ (korá) — skin of a fruit
• Bulgarian: ко́жица (kóžica) — skin of a fruit
• Bulgarian: лю́спа (ljúspa) — skin of a fruit
• Bulgarian: шлю́пка (šljúpka) — skin of a fruit
• Burmese: အခွံ (a.hkwam) — skin of a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 果皮 (guǒpí) — skin of a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 皮 (pí) — skin of a fruit
• Czech: kůra — skin of a fruit
• Czech: slupka — skin of a fruit
• Danish: skræl — skin of a fruit
• Dutch: schil — skin of a fruit
• Estonian: koor — skin of a fruit
• Ewe: fo — skin of a fruit
• Finnish: kuori — skin of a fruit
• French: pelure — skin of a fruit
• French: épluchure — skin of a fruit
• Galician: pela — skin of a fruit
• Galician: casca — skin of a fruit
• Georgian: კანი (ḳani) — skin of a fruit
• Georgian: ქერქი (kerki) — skin of a fruit
• German: Schale — skin of a fruit
• Greek: φλοιός (floiós) — skin of a fruit
• Greek: φλούδα (floúda) — skin of a fruit
• Ancient Greek: λέπισμα (lépisma) — skin of a fruit
• Hebrew: קליפה — skin of a fruit
• Hebrew: קְלִפָּה (klipá) — skin of a fruit
• Hindi: छिलका (chilkā) — skin of a fruit
• Hindi: छाल (chāl) — skin of a fruit
• Hungarian: héj — skin of a fruit
• Hunsrik: Scheels — skin of a fruit
• Icelandic: hýði — skin of a fruit
• Italian: buccia — skin of a fruit
• Japanese: 皮 (kawa) — skin of a fruit
• Japanese: 果皮 (kahi) — skin of a fruit
• Kazakh: қабық (qabyq) — skin of a fruit
• Khmer: សំបក (sɑmbɑɑk) — skin of a fruit
• Korean: 껍질 (kkeopjil) — skin of a fruit
• Korean: 과피 (gwapi) — skin of a fruit
• Northern Kurdish: tîvil — skin of a fruit
• Kyrgyz: кабык (kabık) — skin of a fruit
• Ladino: kashkara — skin of a fruit
• Lao: ເປືອກ (pư̄ak) — skin of a fruit
• Latgalian: skrejš — skin of a fruit
• Latvian: miza — skin of a fruit
• Lithuanian: žievė — skin of a fruit
• Lombard: rusca — skin of a fruit
• Macedonian: ко́ра (kóra) — skin of a fruit
• Macedonian: лу́шпа (lúšpa) — skin of a fruit
• Malay: kulit — skin of a fruit
• Malayalam: തോൽ (tōl) — skin of a fruit
• Mongolian: хальс (xalʹs) — skin of a fruit
• Norman: p'liche — skin of a fruit
• Norwegian Bokmål: skall — skin of a fruit
• Occitan: pelanha — skin of a fruit
• Occitan: pelalha — skin of a fruit
• Occitan: pelofa — skin of a fruit
• Occitan: pelhòfa — skin of a fruit
• Persian: پوست (pust) — skin of a fruit
• Plautdietsch: Schal — skin of a fruit
• Polish: obierka — skin of a fruit
• Polish: obierek — skin of a fruit
• Polish: obierzyna — skin of a fruit
• Polish: skórka — skin of a fruit
• Portuguese: casca — skin of a fruit
• Romanian: pieliță — skin of a fruit
• Romanian: coajă — skin of a fruit
• Russian: кожура́ (kožurá) — skin of a fruit
• Russian: ко́рка (kórka) — skin of a fruit
• Russian: шелуха́ (husk) — skin of a fruit
• Russian: ко́жица (kóžica) — skin of a fruit
• Russian: шку́рка (škúrka) — skin of a fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏ра — skin of a fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍra — skin of a fruit
• Sicilian: peḍḍi — skin of a fruit
• Slovak: šupa — skin of a fruit
• Slovak: šupka — skin of a fruit
• Slovene: lupina — skin of a fruit
• Slovene: olupek — skin of a fruit
• Spanish: cáscara — skin of a fruit
• Swahili: ganda — skin of a fruit
• Swedish: skal — skin of a fruit
• Tajik: пӯст (püst) — skin of a fruit
• Tamil: தோல் (tōl) — skin of a fruit
• Tatar: кабык (qabıq) — skin of a fruit
• Telugu: తొక్క (tokka) — skin of a fruit
• Thai: เปลือก (bplʉ̀ʉak) — skin of a fruit
• Turkish: kabuk — skin of a fruit
• Turkmen: gabyk — skin of a fruit
• Ukrainian: шкі́рка (škírka) — skin of a fruit
• Ukrainian: шку́рка (škúrka) — skin of a fruit
• Ukrainian: лушпа́йка (lušpájka) — skin of a fruit
• Ukrainian: кі́рка (kírka) — skin of a fruit
• Urdu: چھال (chāl) — skin of a fruit
• Uyghur: پوست (post) — skin of a fruit
• Uzbek: poʻst — skin of a fruit
• Uzbek: poʻchoq — skin of a fruit
• Uzbek: qobiq — skin of a fruit
• Vietnamese: vỏ — skin of a fruit
• Vietnamese: bì — skin of a fruit
• Yiddish: שאָלעכץ (sholekhts) — skin of a fruit
• Zulu: ikhasi — skin of a fruit
• Swahili: ganda — (Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation
• Finnish: kuorintavoide — cosmetic preparation
• Polish: peeling — cosmetic preparation
• Swahili: ganda — cosmetic preparation
• Albanian: qezë — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Albanian: qehën — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַסָּא (massāʾ) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Basque: labe-endai — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Breton: pal-forn — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Bulgarian: фурнаджийска лопата (furnadžijska lopata) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Catalan: pala de forner — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Czech: lopáč — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Dutch: ovenpaal — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Dutch: ovenschieter — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Dutch: broodschieter — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Dutch: ovenschop — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Estonian: leivalabidas — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Estonian: leivalasn — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Finnish: leipälapio — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• French: pelle à four — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• French: pelle à enfourner — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Galician: pa — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• German: Brotschieber — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• German: Ofenschieber — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• German: Ofenschaufel — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• German: Backschießer — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Greek: φτυάρι (ftyári) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Ingrian: leipälapja — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Latin: vatillum fornācāle — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Latin: vatillum pīstōrium — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Lithuanian: ližė — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Luxembourgish: Broutschéiss — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Macedonian: ло́пата (lópata) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Polish: łopata — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Polish: lofer — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Portuguese: pá — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Romanian: lopată — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Russian: лопа́та (lopáta) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Serbo-Croatian: lòpār — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀па̄р — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Slovak: lopár — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Slovene: lopár — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Lower Sorbian: łopatka — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Upper Sorbian: łopač — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Spanish: pala panadero — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Swedish: brödspade — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Ottoman Turkish: سستره (sıstra) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Ukrainian: лопа́та (lopáta) — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Welsh: rhawlech — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Welsh: crafell — spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven
• Arabic: قَشَّرَ (qaššara) — to remove skin
• Arabic: قَشَّر (gaššar) — to remove skin
• Armenian: պլոկել (plokel) — to remove skin
• Armenian: կլպել (klpel) — to remove skin
• Assamese: বাকলি গুচোৱা (bakoli gusüa) — to remove skin
• Assamese: বখলিওৱা (bokholiüa) — to remove skin
• Assamese: ছেলোৱা (selüa) — to remove skin
• Bashkir: әрсеү (ərsew) — to remove skin
• Belarusian: абірáць (abirać) — to remove skin
• Bulgarian: беля (belja) — to remove skin
• Bulgarian: обелвам (obelvam) — to remove skin
• Catalan: pelar — to remove skin
• Cherokee: ᎦᏁᎦᎵᎭ (ganegaliha) — to remove skin
• Cherokee: ᎠᏯᎨᏗᏍᎦ (ayagedisga) — to remove skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 削皮 (xiāopí) — to remove skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 剝皮 /剥皮 (bāopí) — to remove skin
• Ngazidja Comorian: uwadja — to remove skin
• Czech: loupat — to remove skin
• Danish: skrælle — to remove skin
• Dutch: schillen — to remove skin
• Estonian: koorima — to remove skin
• Ewe: fo — to remove skin
• Finnish: kuoria — to remove skin
• French: peler — to remove skin
• French: éplucher — to remove skin
• French: décortiquer — to remove skin
• Galician: esburgar — to remove skin
• Galician: descascar — to remove skin
• Galician: estonar — to remove skin
• Galician: pelar — to remove skin
• Galician: bullar — to remove skin
• Georgian: ფრცქვნა (prckvna) — to remove skin
• German: schälen — to remove skin
• Greek: ξεφλουδίζω (xefloudízo) — to remove skin
• Greek: αποφλοιώνω (apofloióno) — to remove skin
• Gujarati: છોલવું (cholvũ) — to remove skin
• Hindi: छीलना (chīlnā) — to remove skin
• Hungarian: hámoz — to remove skin
• Irish: snamh — to remove skin
• Italian: pelare — to remove skin
• Italian: sbucciare — to remove skin
• Japanese: 皮を剥く (kawa o muku) — to remove skin
• Korean: 깎다 (kkakda) — to remove skin
• Korean: 까다 (kkada) — to remove skin
• Korean: 벗기다 (beotgida) — to remove skin
• Central Kurdish: پاک کردن (pak kirdin) — to remove skin
• Latgalian: skust — to remove skin
• Latgalian: laupeit — to remove skin
• Latin: glubo — to remove skin
• Latvian: mizot — to remove skin
• Macedonian: лу́пи (lúpi) — to remove skin
• Macedonian: и́злупи (ízlupi) — to remove skin
• Macedonian: чи́сти (čísti) — to remove skin
• Macedonian: и́счисти (ísčisti) — to remove skin
• Malay: kupas — to remove skin
• Malay: koyak (Kelantan) — to remove skin
• Maltese: qaxxar — to remove skin
• Māori: pīhore — to remove skin
• Māori: tīhore — to remove skin
• Māori: hihore — to remove skin
• Nepali: छोल्नु (cholnu) — to remove skin
• Norman: p'ler — to remove skin
• Norwegian: skrelle — to remove skin
• Occitan: pelar — to remove skin
• Polish: obierać — to remove skin
• Portuguese: descascar — to remove skin
• Portuguese: pelar — to remove skin
• Quechua: muntay — to remove skin
• Quechua: tillpay — to remove skin
• Quechua: tipqa — to remove skin
• Romanian: coji — to remove skin
• Russian: очища́ть (očiščátʹ) — to remove skin
• Russian: очи́стить (očístitʹ) — to remove skin
• Scottish Gaelic: rùisg — to remove skin
• Southern Altai: эзер (ezer) — to remove skin
• Spanish: pelar — to remove skin
• Swahili: kumenya — to remove skin
• Swedish: skala — to remove skin
• Tamil: உரி (uri) — to remove skin
• Tamil: தோலுரி (tōluri) — to remove skin
• Tày: bí — to remove skin
• Tày: bjể — to remove skin
• Thai: ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk) — to remove skin
• Turkish: soymak — to remove skin
• Ukrainian: обчищати (občyščaty) — to remove skin
• Ukrainian: чистити (čystyty) — to remove skin
• Ukrainian: оббира́ти (obbyráty) — to remove skin
• Ukrainian: обібра́ти (obibráty) — to remove skin
• Vietnamese: gọt — to remove skin
• Walloon: peler — to remove skin
• Arabic: قشر (qaššar) — to remove the outer layer
• Armenian: պլոկել (plokel) — to remove the outer layer
• Bulgarian: беля (belja) — to remove the outer layer
• Cherokee: ᎦᏁᎦᎵᎭ (ganegaliha) — to remove the outer layer
• Cherokee: ᎠᏯᎨᏗᏍᎦ (ayagedisga) — to remove the outer layer
• Danish: afskrælle — to remove the outer layer
• Dutch: schillen — to remove the outer layer
• Finnish: kuoria — to remove the outer layer
• Galician: estonar — to remove the outer layer
• Ancient Greek: λέπω (lépō) — to remove the outer layer
• Gujarati: છોલવું (cholvũ) — to remove the outer layer
• Hindi: छीलना (chīlnā) — to remove the outer layer
• Kapampangan: talipan — to remove the outer layer
• Latin: glūbō — to remove the outer layer
• Macedonian: лу́пи (lúpi) — to remove the outer layer
• Macedonian: и́злупи (ízlupi) — to remove the outer layer
• Māori: tīhore — to remove the outer layer
• Māori: pīokaoka — to remove the outer layer
• Okinawan: 剥ちゅん (nchun) — to remove the outer layer
• Swedish: skala — to remove the outer layer
• Tagalog: talupan — to remove the outer layer
• Tamil: உரி (uri) — to remove the outer layer
• Tamil: தோலுரி (tōluri) — to remove the outer layer
• Thai: ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk) — to remove the outer layer
• Turkish: soymak — to remove the outer layer
• Walloon: peler — to remove the outer layer
• Walloon: schaver — to remove the outer layer
• Armenian: պլոկվել (plokvel) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Bulgarian: лющя се (ljuštja se) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Chinese Cantonese: 甩皮 (lat1 pei4) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Chinese Mandarin: 脫皮 /脱皮 (tuōpí) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Finnish: kuoriutua — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Galician: esfolar — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Macedonian: се лу́пи (se lúpi) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Tamil: உரி (uri) — to come away, especially in flakes or strips
• Bulgarian: събличам се (sǎbličam se) — to remove one's clothing
• Catalan: despullar-se — to remove one's clothing
• Finnish: riisuutua — to remove one's clothing
• Galician: espir — to remove one's clothing
• Macedonian: се со́блече (se sóbleče) — to remove one's clothing
• Tamil: கழற்று (kaḻaṟṟu) — to remove one's clothing
• Turkish: soyunmak — to remove one's clothing