nêle

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nele"

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Compare French nielle.

Noun

nêle f (plural nêles)

  1. (Jersey) corncockle

Portuguese

Contraction

nêle (feminine nela, masculine plural nêles, feminine plural nelas)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of nele

Usage notes

This word was spelled nele as of the Brazilian Orthographic Vocabulary published in 1933, which based itself on the European version from 1912; the spelling nêle was prescribed in the Brazilian Vocabulary published 1943.

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