hiel

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hiele, from Old Dutch *hela, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -il

• hiel

  (file)

Noun

hiel m (plural hielen, diminutive hieltje n)

1. heel, part of the foot
2. analogous part of footwear or another physical entity

Anagrams

• heil

Etymology

From Latin fel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝel/

Noun

hiel f (uncountable)

1. bile

   Synonym: bilis

Further reading

• “hiel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Etymology

hi- +‎ el

Article

hiel

1. the (used for all proper nouns and also foreign loanwords not yet assimilated into Volapük, but unlike el, this article also denotes that the proper noun's referent is masculine)

Etymology

From Old Frisian hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“whole, healthy”). Compare English whole, hale, Low German hel, heel, heil, Dutch heel, German heil, Danish hel.

Adjective

hiel

1. whole, entire

   "De Knobbelswan jongen bliuwe in hiel jier by harren âlden." (The mute swan's young stay with their parents for an entire year.)