English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /dʒɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: gel, jell

Adjective

jel ‎(comparative more jel, superlative most jel)

1. (Britain, slang) jealous
   • 2012 May 12, Kate Middleton looked amaze at London Olympic Gala concert, totally jel of the dress!, OK! Magazine
   • 2015, Dani K., Footballers and Louboutins, Sly Fox / Ravenswood Publishing (ISBN 9781506171173)

     What more could a girl want? Everyone that I knew was either so happy for me, or completely well jel of me.

   • 2016 January 6, "Check out the bod that launched a bikini empire", Daily Star

     We can't figure out if we're more jel of her insane bod or luxurious lifestyle.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Uralic *jelkä ‎(“trace”) as Finnish jälki and Estonian jälg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛl]

Noun

jel ‎(plural jelek)

1. sign

Declension

Derived terms

• jelű

Latvian

Adverb

jel

1. do (imperative)

Livonian

Verb

jel

1. 1st person singular negative form of jellõ
2. 2nd person singular negative form of jellõ
3. 3rd person singular negative form of jellõ

Lojban

Rafsi

jel

1. rafsi of jelca.

Mopan Maya

Noun

jel

1. substitute, successor, replacement

References

• Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Old French

Alternative forms

• gel
• jol

Contraction

jel

1. Contraction of je + le (I […] it)
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     « Jel vuel savoir, » ce dist li sor Gr.
     « Jel vous dirai, » B. li respondi.