Standard Lemma guide

veal

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /viːl/
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  • rhymes with -iːl
  • CMU ARPABET: V IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calfflesh, calfmeat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beef, cowflesh, cowmeat, oxflesh, meat, food, substance, material, stuff

3

noun

Meaning 3

The female genitalia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To raise a calf for meat production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

meat from a calf

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: veau

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meat

Narrower terms: calves' feet

History

Etymology

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akan: nantwie ba nam — flesh of a calf
  • Arabic: لَحْم عِجْل (laḥm ʕijl) — flesh of a calf
  • Basque: txahalki — flesh of a calf
  • Belarusian: цяляціна (cjaljacina) — flesh of a calf
  • Bulgarian: те́лешко месо́ (téleško mesó) — flesh of a calf
  • Catalan: vedella — flesh of a calf
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牛仔肉 (ngau4 zai2 juk6) — flesh of a calf
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小牛肉 (xiǎoniúròu) — flesh of a calf
  • Czech: telecí — flesh of a calf
  • Danish: kalvekød — flesh of a calf
  • Dutch: kalfsvlees — flesh of a calf
  • Esperanto: bovidaĵo — flesh of a calf
  • Estonian: vasikaliha — flesh of a calf
  • Finnish: vasikanliha — flesh of a calf
  • Finnish: vasikka — flesh of a calf
  • French: veau — flesh of a calf
  • Galician: tenreira — flesh of a calf
  • Galician: vitela — flesh of a calf
  • Georgian: ხბოს ხორცი (xbos xorci) — flesh of a calf
  • German: Kalbfleisch — flesh of a calf
  • Greek: μοσχάρι (moschári) — flesh of a calf
  • Greek: μοσχαράκι (moscharáki) — flesh of a calf
  • Hebrew: עֵגֶל — flesh of a calf
  • Hungarian: borjúhús — flesh of a calf
  • Icelandic: kálfakjöt — flesh of a calf
  • Indonesian: daging sapi muda — flesh of a calf
  • Irish: laofheoil — flesh of a calf
  • Italian: vitello — flesh of a calf
  • Japanese: 仔牛肉 (koushiniku) — flesh of a calf
  • Korean: 송아지 고기 (song'aji gogi) — flesh of a calf
  • Latin: vitulīna — flesh of a calf
  • Latvian: teļa gaļa — flesh of a calf
  • Lithuanian: veršiena — flesh of a calf
  • Luxembourgish: Kalleffleesch — flesh of a calf
  • Macedonian: телешко (teleško) — flesh of a calf
  • Macedonian: јунешко (juneško) — flesh of a calf
  • Maltese: vitella — flesh of a calf
  • Manx: feill lheiy — flesh of a calf
  • Navajo: béégashii yáázh bitsįʼ — flesh of a calf
  • Norman: vieau — flesh of a calf
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kalvekjøtt — flesh of a calf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kalvekjøt — flesh of a calf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kalvekjøtt — flesh of a calf
  • Old English: ċealf — flesh of a calf
  • Old English: ċealfes flǣsċ — flesh of a calf
  • Polish: cielęcina — flesh of a calf
  • Portuguese: vitela — flesh of a calf
  • Romanian: carne de vițel — flesh of a calf
  • Romanian: vițel — flesh of a calf
  • Russian: теля́тина (teljátina) — flesh of a calf
  • Scottish Gaelic: feòil-laoigh — flesh of a calf
  • Serbo-Croatian: телетина — flesh of a calf
  • Serbo-Croatian: teletina — flesh of a calf
  • Spanish: ternera — flesh of a calf
  • Swedish: kalv — flesh of a calf
  • Swedish: kalvkött — flesh of a calf
  • Tagalog: karning-guya — flesh of a calf
  • Turkish: dana eti — flesh of a calf
  • Ukrainian: теля́тина (teljátyna) — flesh of a calf
  • Volapük: smaxolamit — flesh of a calf
  • Yiddish: קאַלבנפֿלייש (kalbnfleysh) — flesh of a calf
  • Yiddish: קעלבערנס (kelberns) — flesh of a calf