"libel" meaning in Dutch

See libel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /liˈbɛl/ Forms: libellen [plural], libelletje [diminutive, neuter], libelle [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|la|libella}} Latin libella Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|++}} libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
  1. dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-libel-nl-noun-xEF4H~qT Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dragonflies and damselflies Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 31 7 Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 38 43 15 3
  2. dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata Tags: feminine Hyponyms (insect of the order Odonata): beekjuffer, breedscheenjuffer, pantserjuffer, waterjuffer, winterjuffer
    Sense id: en-libel-nl-noun-Vz7QpXqP Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dragonflies and damselflies Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 31 7 Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 38 43 15 3 Disambiguation of 'insect of the order Odonata': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /liˈbɛl/ Forms: libellen [plural], libelletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|la|libellus}} Latin libellus Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|++}} libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
  1. booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing) Tags: neuter Synonyms: schotschrift, smaadschrift
    Sense id: en-libel-nl-noun-B-QgOCwx Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dragonflies and damselflies Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 31 7 Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 38 43 15 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /liˈbɛl/ Forms: libellen [plural], libelletje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin libella. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|la|libella}} Latin libella Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|++}} libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
  1. a vial of a level Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-libel-nl-noun-XyuZqB8E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arw",
            "2": "bibiri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lokono: bibiri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lokono: bibiri"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libella",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 33 31 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 43 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "orig": "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera"
      ],
      "id": "en-libel-nl-noun-xEF4H~qT",
      "links": [
        [
          "dragonfly",
          "dragonfly"
        ],
        [
          "Anisoptera",
          "Anisoptera#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 33 31 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 43 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "orig": "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
          "word": "beekjuffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
          "word": "breedscheenjuffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
          "word": "pantserjuffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
          "word": "waterjuffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
          "word": "winterjuffer"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-libel-nl-noun-Vz7QpXqP",
      "links": [
        [
          "dragonfly",
          "dragonfly"
        ],
        [
          "damselfly",
          "damselfly"
        ],
        [
          "Odonata",
          "Odonata#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libellus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 33 31 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 43 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "orig": "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-libel-nl-noun-B-QgOCwx",
      "links": [
        [
          "booklet",
          "booklet"
        ],
        [
          "libel",
          "libel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "schotschrift"
        },
        {
          "word": "smaadschrift"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libella",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin libella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vial of a level"
      ],
      "id": "en-libel-nl-noun-XyuZqB8E",
      "links": [
        [
          "vial",
          "vial"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛl",
    "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arw",
            "2": "bibiri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lokono: bibiri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lokono: bibiri"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libella",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
      "word": "beekjuffer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
      "word": "breedscheenjuffer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
      "word": "pantserjuffer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
      "word": "waterjuffer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "insect of the order Odonata",
      "word": "winterjuffer"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dragonfly",
          "dragonfly"
        ],
        [
          "Anisoptera",
          "Anisoptera#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dragonfly",
          "dragonfly"
        ],
        [
          "damselfly",
          "damselfly"
        ],
        [
          "Odonata",
          "Odonata#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛl",
    "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libellus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "booklet",
          "booklet"
        ],
        [
          "libel",
          "libel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "schotschrift"
    },
    {
      "word": "smaadschrift"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛl",
    "nl:Dragonflies and damselflies"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "libella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin libella",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin libella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "libellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libelletje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "li‧bel"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vial of a level"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vial",
          "vial"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liˈbɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "libel"
}

Download raw JSONL data for libel meaning in Dutch (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). 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.