"donzel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: donzels [plural]
Etymology: From Old French danzel and Italian donzello, both ultimately from Medieval Latin domicellus (“young nobleman, squire”), a diminutive of Latin dominus (“master, lord”). Compare donzella. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|danzel}} Old French danzel, {{der|en|it|donzello}} Italian donzello, {{der|en|la-med|domicellus|t=young nobleman, squire}} Medieval Latin domicellus (“young nobleman, squire”), {{der|en|la|dominus|t=master, lord}} Latin dominus (“master, lord”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} donzel (plural donzels)
  1. (obsolete) A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-donzel-en-noun-GefQkLVC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Children, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 8 21 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 8 21 5 Disambiguation of Children: 75 25 Disambiguation of Occupations: 87 13
  2. A boy or an unmarried young man
    Sense id: en-donzel-en-noun-dRQJRUO7 Categories (other): Male people Disambiguation of Male people: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dom, domine, dominie, dominus, don, donzella
Categories (other): Feudalism Disambiguation of Feudalism: 0 0

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /dõˈzɛw/ [Brazil], [dõˈzɛʊ̯] [Brazil], /dõˈzɛl/ [Portugal], [dõˈzɛɫ] [Portugal], /dõˈzɛl/ [Portugal], [dõˈzɛɫ] [Portugal], /dõˈzɛ.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: donzéis [plural]
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛw, (Portugal) -ɛl Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *domnicellus, possibly through Old Occitan donsel. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|la-vul|*domnicellus}} Vulgar Latin *domnicellus, {{bor|pt|pro|donsel}} Old Occitan donsel Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} donzel m (plural donzéis)
  1. (archaic) donzel (a young squire, a page) Tags: archaic, masculine Synonyms: pajem
    Sense id: en-donzel-pt-noun-EFL0Z4PM Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (obsolete) donzel (a boy or an unmarried young man) Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-donzel-pt-noun-T59307zT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: donzela

Inflected forms

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