"carrel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carrel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: carrels [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹəl, -ɛɹəl Etymology: From Medieval Latin carula, probably from Latin corolla (“little crown”) in the sense of “ring”; or from Middle English caroll, from Medieval Latin carola, from Late Latin carola (“round dance; round object”), from Latin choraula, variant of choraulēs (“flute player”) (further etymology at carol). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|carula}} Medieval Latin carula, {{der|en|la|corolla||little crown}} Latin corolla (“little crown”), {{inh|en|enm|caroll}} Middle English caroll, {{der|en|ML.|carola}} Medieval Latin carola, {{der|en|LL.|carola||round dance; round object}} Late Latin carola (“round dance; round object”), {{der|en|la|choraula}} Latin choraula, {{m|la|choraulēs||flute player}} choraulēs (“flute player”), {{m|en|carol}} carol Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrel (plural carrels)
  1. (architecture) A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-carrel-en-noun-8edKn6Z1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 10 17 Topics: architecture
  2. Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
    Sense id: en-carrel-en-noun-D8Cxytx4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carol, carrol, carrell
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carrel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: carrels [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹəl, -ɛɹəl Etymology: Possibly a variant of quarrel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|quarrel}} quarrel Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrel (plural carrels)
  1. A square-headed arrow; a quarrel.
    Sense id: en-carrel-en-noun-ht6LssyG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.