quell

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kwɛl/
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• rhymes with -ɛl
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• CMU ARPABET: K W EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gwelH-. Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet.

From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, cwiella (“spring; source”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Compare German Quelle.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: потискам (potiskam) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓制 /压制 (yāzhì) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Czech: přemoci — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Dutch: overmeesteren — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Finnish: kukistaa — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Finnish: murskata — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Finnish: tukahduttaa — transitive: to subdue, put down
• French: réprimer — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Georgian: ჩახშობა (čaxšoba) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• German: unterdrücken — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Italian: reprimere — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Italian: sedare — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Japanese: 押さえる (osaeru) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Macedonian: задуши (zaduši) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Māori: pēhipēhi — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Māori: whakarangimārie — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Portuguese: sedar — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Russian: подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Russian: подави́ть (podavítʹ) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Scottish Gaelic: mùch — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Spanish: subyugar — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Spanish: reprimir — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Swedish: kuva — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Ukrainian: приду́шувати (prydúšuvaty) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Ukrainian: придуши́ти (prydušýty) — transitive: to subdue, put down
• Bulgarian: потушавам (potušavam) — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Czech: potlačit — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Czech: zkrotit — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Dutch: onderwerpen — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Dutch: uitroeien — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Finnish: tyynnyttää — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Finnish: rauhoittaa — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Georgian: ჩახშობა (čaxšoba) — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• German: auslöschen — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• German: beenden — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Japanese: 鎮める (shizumeru) — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Māori: whakarangimārie — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Māori: pēhipēhi — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Russian: успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Russian: успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — transitive: to suppress, put an end to
• Scottish Gaelic: mùch — transitive: to suppress, put an end to