See quell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛl"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskam",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "потискам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "壓制"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāzhì",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "压制"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "přemoci"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "overmeesteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "kukistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "murskata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "tukahduttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "réprimer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čaxšoba",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "ჩახშობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "reprimere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "sedare"
},
{
"alt": "おさえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osaeru",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "押さえる"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaduši",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "задуши"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "pēhipēhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "whakarangimārie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "sedar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavljátʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подавля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavítʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подави́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "ceannsaich"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "mùch"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "subyugar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"word": "kuva"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydúšuvaty",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приду́шувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prydušýty",
"sense": "transitive: to subdue, put down",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "придуши́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potušavam",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "потушавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "potlačit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "zkrotit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "onderwerpen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "uitroeien"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "tyynnyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "rauhoittaa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čaxšoba",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "ჩახშობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "auslöschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "beenden"
},
{
"alt": "しずめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shizumeru",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "鎮める"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "whakarangimārie"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "pēhipēhi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "успока́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokóitʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "успоко́ить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "ceannsaich"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive: to suppress, put an end to",
"word": "mùch"
}
],
"word": "quell"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛl",
"Rhymes:English/ɛl/1 syllable",
"en:Death"
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"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "*quelle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English *quelle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "cwylla"
},
"expansion": "Old English cwylla",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kwalljā",
"t": "spring, well"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Quelle"
},
"expansion": "German Quelle",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, *cwielle (“spring; source”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Compare German Quelle.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "quells",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "quell (plural quells)",
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}
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"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1894, George Egerton, Discords:",
"text": "And when they had eaten, and sat resting in a grotto, he was still singing, and she was the goddess of his Muse, — the quell of living waters out of which he drew fresh strength for new lays.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1969, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Ada, Or, Ardor, a Family Chronicle, Vintage, →ISBN:",
"text": "Other excruciations replaced her namesake's loquacious quells so completely that when, during a lucid interval, she happened to open with her weak little hand a lavabo cock for a drink of water, the tepid lymph replied in its own lingo […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Andrea Römmele, Public Information Campaigns and Opinion Research: A Handbook for the Student and Practitioner, SAGE, →ISBN, page 82:",
"text": "The strategists had access to a wide array of private polling and information from focus groups; a quell of information stretching back over his years as a state-wide candidate and office holder.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A source, especially a spring."
],
"links": [
[
"source",
"source"
],
[
"spring",
"spring"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001, Zane Gates, The Cure, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 241:",
"text": "A quell of strength over took Robin with each of his words. She was about to fall apart, but Jacob was as brave as a warrior going into battle.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Linda Lee Chaikin, Hawaiian Crosswinds, Moody Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "For a moment their eyes locked, and she felt a quell of anger rise above her apprehension. Reality struck with appalling clarity, yet she could only lie down, partially drugged and untidy as she was from such rough traveling.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Molly Hopkins, It Happened at Boot Camp: Exclusive Novella, Hachette UK, →ISBN:",
"text": "I read on. It will cost two hundred and fifty quid. I felt a quell of alarm, that's quite expensive.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kwɛl/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-au-quell.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛl"
}
],
"word": "quell"
}
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