ayel
/ˈeɪ(ə)l/
ayel noun: a grandfather.
Noun
ayel (countable and uncountable, plural ayels)
- A grandfather.
- The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
- A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.
Forms of ayel
| plural | ayels |
|---|---|
| alternative form | aiel |
| alternative form | ayle |
Origin of ayel
Inherited from Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.
Words that rhyme with ayel
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
- camail
Questions about ayel
- What does ayel mean?
- Ayel means a grandfather.
- What part of speech is ayel?
- Ayel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ayel?
- Ayel is pronounced /ˈeɪ(ə)l/.
- What is the plural of ayel?
- The plural of ayel is ayels.
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