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appel

/əˈpɛl/US/əˈpɛl/

appel noun: an act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent. Also the obsolete spelling of appeal.

Noun

appel (plural appels)

  1. An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.

Proper noun capitalized: Appel

Appel

  1. A surname.

Also used as

appel is also the obsolete spelling of appeal.

appel is also the obsolete spelling of apple.

Forms of appel

Noun
pluralappels
Verb
third-person singular presentappels
present participleappelling
past participleappelled
pastappelled

Origin of appel

Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from appel

Phrases with appel

Words that rhyme with appel

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Questions about appel

What does appel mean?
Appel means an act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
What part of speech is appel?
Appel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce appel?
Appel is pronounced /əˈpɛl/ (UK).
What is the plural of appel?
The plural of appel is appels.

Words near appel in the dictionary

  1. appeasing
  2. appeasingly
  3. appeasive
  4. appeer
  5. appeere
  6. appel
  7. Appel reaction
  8. Appel reactions
  9. appel.
  10. Appelbaum
  11. Appelbaums

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