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Definition: Parcel |
ParcelNoun1. A wrapped container. 2. The result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans". 3. An extended area of land. 4. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. Verb1. Divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land". 2. Cover with canvas, as of rope. 3. Make into a parcel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parcel" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | = fluid parcel. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a parcel being delivered to you, denotes that you will be pleasantly surprised by the return of some absent one, or be cared for in a worldly way. If you carry a parcel, you will have some unpleasant task to perform. To let a parcel fall on the way as you go to deliver it, you will see some deal fail to go through. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Any quantity of standing, felled or converted timber forming a unit for purposes of trade. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | A given quantity of fluid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | In any fluid, an imaginary portion of that fluid which for theoretical studies may be considered to have all the badic dynamic and thermodynamic properties of the fluid but which is small enough so that its motion with respect to the surrounding fluid does not induce marked compensatory movements. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Goods-bearing item for delivery to address point with a weight limit of 30kg. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Solid pressed packaging unit for sheets of paper or board, often with a protective wrapping. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ParcelSynonyms: bundle (n), package (n), packet (n), parcel of land (n), piece of ground (n), piece of land (n), portion (n), share (n), tract (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. |
Arrangement | Verb: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion. |
Assemblage | Group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine, fasces, bale; seron, seroon; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook. |
Component | Noun: component; component part, integral part, integrant part; element, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member; (part); personnel. |
Messenger | Mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post office; letter bag; delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex. |
Part | Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. |
Region | Arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street; (abode). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It's all part and parcel of the whole genii gig: phenomenal cosmic powers, itty bitty living space (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Parcel Post Pete: Not All His Troubles Are Little Ones (1916) The Precious Parcel (1916) Parcel Post Johnnie (1913) Saved by Parcel Post (1913) The Talking Parcel (1979) | |
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 | Sammy Guera of the NRCS offices in Kingsville, TX, consults with landowner Anne Williams on a highly erodible parcel of land that has been seeded with protective grass. [Slide 97CS2994]. Credit: Ken Hammond. |  | Sammy Guera of the NRCS offices in Kingsville, Texas, consults with landowner Anne Williams on a highly erodible parcel of land that has been seeded with protective grass. Credit: USDA. |
 | Cattle on a grazing allotment parcel near Colockum Creek, Washington. Credit: Unknown. |  | Sprague Parcel Geology Field Trip. Credit: Anne Boyd. |
 | Timbered parcel near Strawberry Mountain. OR 2-98. Credit: Mark Hosket. |  | U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No.5, Paris, France. : Demonstrating the use of "Front Parcel". Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Puyallup (Wash.) Assembly Center - Parcel post and a full postal service is maintained at the Center. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mail boxes and parcel room along Highway 160, San Juan County, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Parcel post racks at the post office at Hermiston, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Nor was this appropriation of any parcel of land, by improving it, any prejudice to any other man, since there was still enough, and as good left; and more than the yet unprovided could use. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | At last it was all settled, even to the destination of the parcel. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They are a parcel of scamps |
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Business | Among the most developed are the U.S. firms DHL International, FedEx and United Parcel Service. (references) | |
Franchising is also used in the cleaning services, vehicle services, quick print, real estate sales and parcel delivery sectors, among others. (references) | ||
A 50 lb, or 25-kilo limit is generally accepted as the maximum parcel weight that a delivery worker will be expected to handle without assistance. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | United Arab Emirates | Early in the year, ground was broken for the construction of several churches on a parcel of land in Jebel Ali that was donated by the Government of Dubai for four Protestant congregations and a Catholic congregation. (references) |
Economic History | Saudi Arabia | Limitations in the Saudi postal system are also a constraint: no home delivery or postal insurance is available yet; however, as part of the privatization of the Post, Telecommunications, and Telegraph Ministry, it is likely that mail and parcel home deliveries could begin by the end of 2001. (references) |
Italy | However, the establishment of a semiprivate nationwide express mail service, the proliferation of couriers, and the arrival of foreign parcel delivery services now offer alternatives to the national mail system. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cameroon | One example occurred in May, when a traditional chief in the Maroua area, Dairou Yaya, sold to a local politician a parcel of land belonging to the family of Feu Bouba Toumba, who reportedly had lived there for 30 years. (references) |
Political Economy | GERMANY | The European Commission in early 2001 ruled against DP on a formal antitrust complaint from a U.S. parcel delivery company for abusing its dominant position. (references) |
Trade | Bolivia | An authorized customs broker must intervene for parcel post shipments valued at over US$100. A private person may receive parcel post valued up to US$100 without the intervention of a customs broker just by filing out a customs form at the post office. (references) |
Travel | South Africa | Duties on bona fide unsolicited gifts entering South Africa consigned by individuals in South Africa can be fully rebated as long as (1) he or she does not receive more than two parcels per calendar year; and (2) the value of each parcel does not exceed R400. This rule excludes goods that are contained in passengers' baggage, wine, spirits and manufactured tobacco (including cigarettes and cigars). (references) |
Guyana | Several express cargo services operate reliably in Guyana, including FedEx, United Parcel Service, DHL, and the local Laparkan Group. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Richard Shelby | Absolutely, Mark. You're totally right. And that's part and parcel of this inquiry that we have initiated between the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. We're just getting started. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Parcel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.25% of the time. "Parcel" is used about 666 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.25% | 641 | 10,166 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.65% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.2% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.9% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 666 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "parcel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Parcel | Last name | 130 | 61,323 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | United Parcel Service, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "parcel": air parcel ♦ be part and parcel ♦ be part and parcel of ♦ by parcel ♦ express parcel ♦ fluid parcel ♦ gift parcel ♦ large parcel ♦ parcel blind ♦ parcel bomb ♦ parcel delivery ♦ parcel of land ♦ parcel office ♦ parcel out ♦ parcel paper ♦ parcel poet ♦ parcel post ♦ parcel up ♦ part and parcel ♦ To parcel a rope ♦ To parcel a seam. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "parcel": parcel-delivery agency, parcel-gilt, Parcel-mele, parcel-porters, parcel-post, parcel-string, parcel-tape. | |
Ending with "parcel": shoe-parcel, sub-parcel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "parcel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | pakkie (packet). (various references) | |
Albanian | pjesërisht (half and half, in part, partially, partly), parcelë (Nick), pako (bundle, carton, pack, package, packet, ream, roll), paketoj (do up, pack, package), tufë (batch, beam, book, bunch, cloud, clutch, Covey, crop, drove, flight, flock, funiculus, group, herd, mass, muster, plume, ream, roll, run, scads, slip, stack, swarm, troop, truss, tuft, tussock, wad), sende të paketuara, ngastër (location, lot, Nick, patch, plot), kope (band, drove, herd, pack, troop), grup (array, batch, body, bracket, camp, clutch, cohort, colony, confederate, coterie, crowd, gang, group, groupment, lot, party, phalanx, platoon, squad, tally, team, troop, unit). (various references) | |
Arabic | قسم (administration, allocate, allot, apportion, authority, bisect, break up, deal out, department, distribute, district, divide, division, give out, halve, part, partition, portion, portion out, region, section, segment, separate, service, share, share out, split, subdivide, swear, take an oath), قطعة أرض (area, land, lot, piece, piece of land, plot, shred, spit, tract), وزع (allocate, allot, apportion, cast, circulation, deal, deal out, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, hand out, issue, ladle, part, portion, seed, serve out), حزمة (beam, bob, bunch, bundle, pack, pencil, sheaf, tuft, wisp), حزم (bind, bunch, bundle, decide, determination, dogmatise, firmness, hardness, packing, resolution, rope, sheaf, sling, stack, strap, truss), جزئيا (half, part, part time, part way, partially, partly, slightly), جزئي (fractional, part time, partial), جزء (bit, fraction, part, partition, piece, portion, pt., section, share, slice), رزمة (bundle, pack, package), رزم (bale, bundle, pack, package, packing, wrap up), ربطة حزمة (fagot). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | серия (block, chapter, circuit, concatenation, consecution, course, cycle, range, round, run, sequence, series, set, suite), частично (partially, partly), част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, interest, lap, leg, member, movement, outfit, part, partition, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, slice, snack, unit), тайфа (band, boodle, horde, tribe), куп (accumulation, agglomeration, amassment, bunch, bundle, clamp, cluster, congeries, crop, crowd, cumulation, cumulus, heap, hoard, huddle, knot, lashings, lump, mass, mint, mound, mountain, pack, pile, raft, ruck, scad, shoal, sight, slathers, stack, tumble), колет, отчасти (half, in part, part, partially, partly), пратка (installment, instalment, packet, shipment), поделям (divide, partition, portion, share), парче земя (allotment, plot), парцел (lot, plat, plot), партида (batch, consignment, lot, run, shipment), пакетирам (make up, pack, prepackage, put up, wrap up), пакет (bundle, pack, package, packet), дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, interest, lobe, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack). (various references) | |
Catalan | paquet (packet). (various references) | |
Chinese | 郵包 (postal parcel), 小包 (packet). (various references) | |
Czech | parcela (allotment, plat, plot), rozdìlit (allot, apportion, carve up, deal out, disjoin, dismember, dispense, dissever, distribute, divide, divide out, divide up, give away, hand around, hand out, parcel out, part, partition, portion, separate, share, split), kousek (bit, cut, inchmeal, jot, mammock, nibble, part, patch, piece, scrap, shred, wedge, whit), balíèek (pack, package, packet). (various references) | |
Danish | pakke (pack, package, packet, wrap up). (various references) | |
Dutch | Pakje (pack, packet), kavel (lot). (various references) | |
Esperanto | parcelo (lot), paketo (packet). (various references) | |
Farsi | قسمت (Arm, Canto, Chapter, Compartment, Department, Detachment, Division, Dole, Flat, Grist, Internode, Leg, Lot, Party, Percentage, Piece, Plank, Portion, Proportion, Rasher, Ratio, Sect, Section, Segment, Share, Slice), گره (Burr, Ganglion, Knob, Knot, Loop, Lump, Snag, Snarl, Tie), توزیع کردن (Administer, Deal, Dispense), جزءی ازیک کل , امانت پستی , دسته (A, Administration, Army, Batch, Covey, Detachment, Hand, Handle, Helm, Hilt, Horde, Host, Ilk, Party, School, Sect, Section, Set, Shaft, Sheaf, Shog, Skein, Squad, Stack, Stem, Stud, Team, Usurer), دربسته گذاشتن , به قطعات تقسیم کردن , بسته بندی کردن (Pack, Package, Packet, Wrap), بسته (Barred, Bundle, Package, Packet, Shog, Shut, Stack, Wisp), بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Item, Leg, Lot, Member, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone). (various references) | |
Finnish | postipaketti, palstoittaa (divide into lots), palsta (column, plot, site), paketti (package, packet, small package), väliainealkio (fluid parcel), tavarakäärö (package), tavaraerä (lot), nestealkio (fluid parcel), käärö (bundle, package, roll), erä (amount, consignment, entry, heat, instalment, item, lot, part-payment, period, quantity, round, set, share). (various references) | |
French | paquet (pack, package, packet), lot (parcel of land, patch of land), colis (package, packet). (various references) | |
German | Paket (bundle, dossier, pack, package, packet, packets, pile, stack), Päckchen (pack, package, packet, packets, parcels, sachet, small parcel), Bündel (bale, bunch, bunches, bundle, bundles, cluster, pack, package, packet, roll, sheaf, sheaves, swag, truss, wad, wads). (various references) | |
Greek | δέμα (bundle, pack, package, packet). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חביל" (bundle, pack, package, sheaf, wad, wisp). (various references) | |
Hungarian | parcella (lot, patch, plot, section of land, subdivision), csomag (baggage, bundle, deck, kit, luggage, pack, package, packet, swathe), telekrész, telek (allotment, building plot, building site, Croft, ground, lot, plot, realty, site, stance), rakás (batch, charging, clump, conglomerate, heap, heaps of, lump, pack, passel, pile, stack, tuck), részben (part, partially, partly, partway, to be made part of wood and part of iron), rész (chapter and verse, detail, division, element, eminence, part, passage, peak, piece, place, portion, prime cut, salience, segment, share, side, snack, south), postacsomag, csomó (batch, bed, bunch, bundle, clod, clot, clump, cluster, gnarl, hitch, kink, knag, knar, knob, knot, node, nodule, nub, nugget, Peck, pile, snag, snarl, snick, tie, tuft, wart). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bungkusan (encasement, package, packing), bungkus (casing, hull, pack, package, wrapper), bingkisan (gift, souvenir), balutan (dressing, handage). (various references) | |
Italian | pacco (carton, pack, package, packet), pacchetto (column, pack, package, packet, pact, parcels, small parcel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 郵便小包 , 包み (bale, bundle, package), 小荷物 (package), 小包み (package), 小包み (package), 小包 (package). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つつみ (bale, bank, bundle, dike, embankment, package), "づつみ (package), "にもつ (package), ゆうび""づつみ. (various references) | |
Korean | 소포 (packet, Vesicle). (various references) | |
Malay | bungkusan (packet). (various references) | |
Manx | mynjeigey, mynjeig (package), kianglaghan (packet). (various references) | |
Norwegian | pakke (packet). (various references) | |
Papiamen | paki (packet). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arcelpay.(various references) | |
Polish | paczka (packet). (various references) | |
Portuguese | pacote (bundle, pack, packet), porção (allotment, collection, dip, dole, dose, lot, piece, portion, potion, quantum, section, share, slice), parcela (allotment, drop, lot, Parthian, portion, quota, share), lote (allotment, lot, part, plot), encomenda (contract, order). (various references) | |
Romanian | parcelã (lot, piece), pachet (bale, batch, budget, bundle, pack, package, packet, sheaf), grup (band, bundle, clump, cluster, cohort, corps, Covey, crowd, faction, group, knot, pack, set), face un pachet, face un colet, colet (package), clicã (cabal, clan, clique, faction, gang, junto, pack, set, squad), bandã (band, binder, bunch, clique, cushion, gang, pack, ribbon, ring, rout, set, strap, strip, tape, troop), înfãşura (braid, coil, convolve, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, furl, lap, muffle, pack, roll, swathe, twine, wind, wrap). (various references) | |
Russian | участок земли (allotment, grounds, lot, plat, plot), участок (area, clearing, curtilage, homestead, plat, precinct, region, site), сверток (clot, package, roll), частично (in part, part time, partially, partly), группа (bank, bevy, bunch, clump, cluster, cohort, covey, encircling force, gang, group, lot, pack, packet, party, series, shapeup, team), выделять пакет, посылка (package, premise), партия товара (consignment, instance, lot, pitch), пакет (batch, convolute, pack, package, packet, pkg), делить на части (intersect, section). (various references) | |
Scottish | pasgan (packet). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pošiljka (package, remittance), parcela (lot), paket (bale, bundle, package, packet), izdeliti (divide, separate), deo (cut, part, period, piece part, portion, share). (various references) | |
Spanish | paquete (Dandy, gift, joke, lump, outstanding person, pack, package, packet, paper, task, trick, truss), partida (batch, certificate, departure, detriment, entry, game, going, item, lift, pack), parcela (allotment, particle, patch, piece, piece of ground, plat, plot). (various references) | |
Sranan | paki (packet). (various references) | |
Swedish | paket (pack, package, packet, parcels). (various references) | |
Tagalog | balútan (packet). (various references) | |
Turkish | parti (bash, do, get together, hand, party, setout, shindig, shipment), parsellemek (divide up into plots, parcel out, plot), parsel (parcel of land, plat, plot), paket (cover, pack, package, packet, takeaway, takeout), toplu miktar, koli (package, post-packet), hisselere ayırmak (allot, divide up, parcel out), bölmek (break down, carve up, cleave, divide, divvy, divvy up, overslaugh, parcel out, partition, portion, reduce, rend, section, segment, separate, sever, share, slice, split). (various references) | |
Turkmen | posulka (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | загортати в пакунок (packet), посилка (premise), подрібнювати (atomize, beetle, grain, granulate, grind up, mill), партія товару (installment, instalment), пакунок (package, wrappage), ділянка (allotment, area, field, lot, piece, township), ділити на частини (dissever, portion, segment). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gói (bundle, pack), bầy (brood, cluster, covey, herd, plump, regiment), bọn (band, boodle, clique, confraternity, covey, number, ring, tribe, troop). (various references) | |
Welsh | parsel. (various references) | |
Zulu | iphasela (packet), iphakethe (packet), iliphasela (packet), iliphakethe (packet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fasceis, fascis. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | parcelle. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egeneto de en tw katakenoun autouV touV sakkouV autwn kai hn ekastou o desmoV tou arguriou en tw sakkw autwn kai eidon touV desmouV tou arguriou autwn autoi kai o pathr autwn kai efobhqhsan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | His dictis cum frumenta effunderent singuli reppererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias exterritisque simul omnibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thes thingis seid, whanne eche heelden out whete, thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun moneys. And alle togideres afeerd, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as they emptied their sackes beholde: euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundells of money they were afrayde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 42, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Ug nahatabo nga sa gihubo nila ang ilang mga baluyot, ania karon, nga sa baluyot sa tagsatagsa didto ang ilang putos sa salapi: ug sa diha nga sila ug ang ilang amahan nakakita sa ilang mga putos sa salapi, nangahadlok sila. |
| Croatian | Kako su praznili svoje vreæe, svaki naðe u vreæi svoju kesu. Opazivši to, zapadoše u strah - i oni i njihov otac. |
| Danish | Da de nu tømte deres Sække, fandt hver sin Pengepose i sin Sæk; og da de og deres Fader så Pengeposerne, blev de forfærdede. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde, als zij hun zakken ledigden, ziet, zo had een iegelijk den bundel zijns gelds in zijn zak; en zij zagen de bundelen huns gelds, zij en hun vader, en zij waren bevreesd. |
| Finnish | Kun he sitten tyhjensivät säkkinsä, niin katso, kunkin rahakukkaro oli hänen säkissään; ja nähdessään rahakukkaronsa he sekä heidän isänsä peljästyivät. |
| French | Lorsqu`ils vidèrent leurs sacs, voici, le paquet d`argent de chacun était dans son sac. Ils virent, eux et leur père, leurs paquets d`argent, et ils eurent peur. |
| German | Und da sie die Säcke ausschütteten, fand ein jeglicher sein Bündlein Geld in seinem Sack. Und da sie sahen, daß es Bündlein ihres Geldes waren, erschraken sie samt ihrem Vater. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian, pada waktu mereka mengosongkan karung-karung mereka, mereka menemukan dompet masing-masing yang berisi uang; lalu mereka sangat ketakutan, juga ayah mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sesungguhnya apabila dikeluarkan mereka itu isi karung-karungnya, heran, maka adalah pundi-pundi uang masing-masing mereka itu dalam karungnya; serta terlihatlah mereka itu dan bapanyapun akan pundi-pundi uangnya, maka ketakutanlah mereka itu. |
| Italian | Mentre vuotavano i sacchi, ciascuno si accorse di avere la sua borsa di denaro nel proprio sacco. Quando essi e il loro padre videro le borse di denaro, furono presi dal timore. |
| Maori | A, i a ratou e ringiringi ana i a ratou peke, na, ko te moni a tenei, a tenei e takai ana i roto i a ratou peke: a, ka kite ratou ko to ratou papa i nga moni e takai ana, na ka wehi ratou. |
| Norwegian | Da de så tømte sine sekker, se, da lå enhvers pengepung i hans sekk; og da de og deres far så pengepungene, blev de redde. |
| Portuguese | E aconteceu que, despejando eles os sacos, eis que o pacote de dinheiro de cada um estava no seu saco; quando eles e seu pai viram os seus pacotes de dinheiro, tiveram medo. |
| Rumanian | Cknd wi-au golit sacii, iatq cq legqtura cu argintul fiecqruia era kn sacul lui. Ei wi tatql lor au vqzut legqturile cu argintul, wi s`au temut. |
| Swedish | När de sedan tömde sina säckar, fann var och en sin penningpung i sin säck. Och då de och deras fader fingo se penningpungarna, blevo de förskräckta. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parcel": parceled, parceling, parcelled, parcelling, parcels. (additional references) | |
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"Parcel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aprel, arcal, Arcueil, Barcle, farcel, Pacal, pacel, paracel, parce, parceliza, parcely, parceo, parcer, parcial, Parcplac, Parczew, parece, Pareil, Parel, parell, pariel, parke, Parken, Parklea, Parkwell, Parnel, parrel, partel, pavcel, Pearnel, pecel, Pelcel, percel, Perczel, Perkal, perpel, porce, Pradel, prael, Pragel, Prcela, Sarkhel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "parcel" (pronounced pÄ"rsul) |
| 4 | -r s u l | dorsal, morsel. |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, Thistle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carpel, placer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-p-r" | |
-1 letter: caper, carle, clear, crape, lacer, pacer, paler, parle, pearl, place, recap. | |
-2 letters: acre, alec, aper, cape, care, carl, carp, clap, crap, earl, lace, leap, lear, pace, pale, pare, peal, pear, plea, race, rale, rape, real, reap. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, alp, ape, arc, are, cap, car, cel, cep, ear, era, lac, lap, lar, lea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-p-r" | |
+1 letter: caliper, carpale, carpels, clamper, clapper, clasper, parcels, percale, placers, plectra, prelacy, reclasp, replace, replica, scalper. | |
+2 letters: calipers, calliper, calypter, capabler, capriole, clampers, clappers, claspers, kreplach, opercula, parceled, parhelic, parlance, particle, pectoral, peculiar, percales, placater, praelect, precaval, preclean, preclear, prelatic, preplace, reclasps, replaced, replacer, replaces, replicas, scalpers, sceptral, scrapple, spectral, specular, spiracle. | |
+3 letters: acropetal, afterclap, applecart, calipered, callipers, calypters, caprioled, caprioles, carpooled, carpooler, clepsydra, corporeal, curlpaper, empirical, fireplace, opercular, parbuckle, parceling, parcelled, parfleche, parlances, particles, pearlitic, pectorals, peculator, peculiars, percaline, percolate, placarded, placaters, porcelain, praelects, preachily, precancel, precleans, preclears, precocial, precoital, prelacies, prelaunch, preplaced, preplaces, reclasped, replacers, replacing, replicase, replicate, scalloper, scrapples, specialer, spherical, spiracles, workplace. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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