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keel.

throat

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/keːl/[keːɫ]
  1. throat

    feminine
    zijn keel schrapen
    Hij had last van een zere keel na het schreeuwen tijdens het concert.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.

noun/keːl/[keːɫ]
  1. gules, the blazoning term for the color red

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From French gueule (“red throat of wild animals”), from Old French goles, plural of gole (“throat”), from Latin gula. Distantly related to Etymology 1 above.

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