See whel on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "English: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "wīra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: wīra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: wīra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-msc",
"2": "quhel",
"3": "quhele",
"4": "quheil",
"5": "quheile"
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Scots: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Yola: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: wheel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwēol"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwēol",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hweulu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hweulu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwehwlą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷékʷlos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hweulu, plural of *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wheles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝweol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qweel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwell",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qweyll",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "whele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "whelle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheyle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheylle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "whel",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wheles"
},
"expansion": "whel (plural wheles)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelbarwe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelwryghte"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"The wheel as a symbol of fluctuation or repetition."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-1s4QvMep",
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
],
[
"fluctuation",
"fluctuation"
],
[
"repetition",
"repetition"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 63 15 10 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 70 16 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 75 18 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 63 25 5 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Simple machines",
"orig": "enm:Simple machines",
"parents": [
"Machines",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"A breaking wheel; a wheel used as for torture."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-hqzubo8d",
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"breaking wheel",
"breaking wheel"
],
[
"torture",
"torture"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel as or in a machine (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel)."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-mEpZ3p6Q",
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"machine",
"machine"
],
[
"waterwheel",
"waterwheel#English"
],
[
"potter's wheel",
"potter's wheel#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 33 8 54 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Astronomy",
"orig": "enm:Astronomy",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"Space",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A circular movement or figure (especially in astronomy)."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-x~Q1bryl",
"links": [
[
"circular",
"circular"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-tJj~IWY5",
"links": [
[
"hinge",
"hinge"
],
[
"pivot",
"pivot"
],
[
"gate",
"gate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hweːl/"
}
],
"word": "whel"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Astronomy",
"enm:Simple machines"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "English: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "wīra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: wīra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: wīra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-msc",
"2": "quhel",
"3": "quhele",
"4": "quheil",
"5": "quheile"
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Scots: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Yola: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: wheel"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwēol"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwēol",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hweulu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hweulu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwehwlą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷékʷlos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hweulu, plural of *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wheles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝweol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qweel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qwell",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "qweyll",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheel",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "whele",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "whelle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheol",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheyle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wheylle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "whel",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wheles"
},
"expansion": "whel (plural wheles)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "whelbarwe"
},
{
"word": "whelen"
},
{
"word": "whelere"
},
{
"word": "whelwryghte"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"The wheel as a symbol of fluctuation or repetition."
],
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
],
[
"fluctuation",
"fluctuation"
],
[
"repetition",
"repetition"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"A breaking wheel; a wheel used as for torture."
],
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"breaking wheel",
"breaking wheel"
],
[
"torture",
"torture"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel as or in a machine (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel)."
],
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"machine",
"machine"
],
[
"waterwheel",
"waterwheel#English"
],
[
"potter's wheel",
"potter's wheel#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A circular movement or figure (especially in astronomy)."
],
"links": [
[
"circular",
"circular"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"links": [
[
"hinge",
"hinge"
],
[
"pivot",
"pivot"
],
[
"gate",
"gate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hweːl/"
}
],
"word": "whel"
}
Download raw JSONL data for whel meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (51d164f and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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.