abel

From Middle English able, from Old French habile

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbɛl/

abel

1. able, capable

From Middle Dutch abel, from Old French able, from Latin habilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.bəl/

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• Hyphenation: abel
• Rhymes: -aːbəl
• Homophone: Abel

abel (comparative abeler, superlative abelst)

1. (dated) capable, able

   Synonyms: behendig, bekwaam, capabel, handig

Declension of abel
uninflected	abel
inflected	abele
comparative	abeler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		abel	abeler	het abelst het abelste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	abele	abelere	abelste
	n. sing.	abel	abeler	abelste
	plural	abele	abelere	abelste
definite		abele	abelere	abelste
partitive		abels	abelers	—

• abelheid

From Medieval Latin albellus, diminutive of Latin albus (“white”).

abel oblique singular, m (oblique plural abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative singular abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative plural abel)

1. white poplar; Populus alba

• → English: abele

• Populus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

abel

1. Northern Scots form of able

• “abel”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.