anel

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel m (plural anels)

1. ring

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited form elo.

anel m (plural aneis)

1. ring (small metal object)

• anular

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel oblique singular, m (oblique plural aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative singular aneaus or aneax or aniaus or aniax or anels, nominative plural anel)

1. ring (small metal torus-shaped object)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

• Middle French: anneau
  • French: anneau
• Walloon: anea

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.

Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: a‧nel

anel m (plural anéis)

1. ring (small metal object)
2. (colloquial) asshole; anus
3. (botany) annulus

   Synonym: ânulo

4. (mycology) annulus

• anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• ani (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

anel m (plural anels)

1. (Surmiran) ring