VELE

  

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VELE

Definition: VELE

VELE

Noun

1. A veil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "VELE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Note: Vele \Vele\, noun. A veil. [Obsolete]. (references)

 

Crosswords: VELE

Non-English Usage: "VELE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (many), Hungarian (to keep sy company, with him, withal), Italian (canvas), Romanian (sail).

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Modern Usage: VELE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Vele ammainate (1931)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: VELE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Baby Monkey's Bananas Lugbara version : Oyoo-mva vele a'bua-eka-ri (reference)

  • De vele gezichten van het kwaad : meedenken in het spoor van Emmanuel Levinas (reference)

  • Een arts is vele andere mensen waard (reference)

  • Intercultureel onderwijs : een samenleving van vele culturen vraagt opvoeding tot nieuw cultuurbesef via intercultureel onderwijs (reference)

  • Lizo's Song Lugbara version : Geria vele ongori (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: VELE
 

"Zeehond" by Peter Bos
Commentary: "Een van de vele zeehondjes van m'n ma."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Name Usage Frequency: VELE

The following table summarizes the usage of "VELE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
VeleLast name10076,595
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VELE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ca le locanda vele

4

vele

4

da fai te vele

2

vele venti

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: VELE

Derivations

Words containing "VELE": bedriveled, beveled, beveler, bevelers, develed, disheveled, driveled, driveler, drivelers, gaveled, graveled, graveless, groveled, groveler, grovelers, hiveless, hoveled, leveled, leveler, levelers, loveless, lovelessly, lovelessness, lovelessnesses, marveled, motiveless, motivelessly, moveless, movelessly, movelessness, movelessnesses, multileveled, multiwavelength, nerveless, nervelessly, nervelessness, nervelessnesses, novelette, novelettes, novelettish, raveled, raveler, ravelers, reveled, reveler, revelers, shoveled, shoveler, shovelers, shriveled, sleeveless. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "VELE"

Words ending with "ele": Wele. (additional references)

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Anagrams: VELE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-v"

-1 letter: eel, eve, lee, lev, vee.

-2 letters: el.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-l-v"
 

+1 letter: bevel, delve, devel, elver, elves, helve, kevel, leave, levee, level, lever, lieve, revel.

 

+2 letters: belive, bevels, cleave, clever, delved, delver, delves, devels, eleven, elevon, elvers, evenly, eviler, evolve, helved, helves, kevels, laveer, leaved, leaven, leaver, leaves, leveed, levees, levels, levers, levied, levier, levies, liever, pelves, releve, relive, reveal, revels, revile, selves, shelve, sleave, sleeve, svelte, twelve, vakeel, vealed, vealer, veiled, veiler, velate, veloce, velure, velvet, venule, vessel, weevil.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: VELE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 45 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    .    .-..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01000101 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

V E L E

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0045 004C 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

56394639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Digital Art
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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