aksel

• aksala, aksela, aksl

From Middle High German ahsel, from Old High German ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”). Cognate with German Achsel, Dutch assel, English axle (“shoulder”), Icelandic öxl.

àksel f (plural akseln)

1. shoulder

   Dar Sansuun, metten akseln hat gajukhet iidar in tèmpien.

   Samson knocked down the temple with his shoulders.

• “àksala, àksel” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• IPA^(key): /aksəl/, [ˈɑɡ̊sl̩]
• Rhymes: -aksəl

From Old Norse ǫxull m, from Proto-Germanic *ahsulaz, cognate with Norwegian aksel, Swedish axel. Related to the following word.

aksel c (singular definite akslen or (unofficial) akselen, plural indefinite aksler)

1. axle

• “aksel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Aksel,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse ǫxl f, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, cognate with Norwegian aksel, Swedish axel, English axle, German Achsel.

aksel c (singular definite akslen, plural indefinite aksler)

1. (archaic) shoulder

• “Aksel,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

aksel (first-person possessive akselku, second-person possessive akselmu, third-person possessive akselnya)

1. (education, colloquial) clipping of akselerasi (“acceleration”).

From Old Norse ǫxull.

aksel m (definite singular akselen, indefinite plural aksler, definite plural akslene)

1. an axle

• aksling

• aksellast
• drivaksel
• kamaksel
• veivaksel

From Old Norse ǫxl.

aksel m or f (definite singular akselen or aksla, indefinite plural aksler, definite plural akslene)

1. a shoulder

• skulder

• “aksel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse ǫxull.

• IPA^(key): /²ɑk.sɛl/, /²ɑk.ʂɛl/

aksel m (definite singular akselen, indefinite plural akslar, definite plural akslane)

1. an axle

   Synonym: aksling

• aksellast
• drivaksel
• kamaksel
• veivaksel

From Old Norse ǫxl, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō.

• aksl, oksl (non-standard since 1917)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.sɛl/

aksel f (definite singular aksla, indefinite plural aksler, definite plural akslene)

1. (anatomy) a shoulder

   Synonyms: skulder, herd

• “aksel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Aksel, elkas, elska, klase, laske, lekas, leksa, leska, sekla, skale, slake

• axel

Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.sɛl/

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• Rhymes: -aksɛl
• Syllabification: ak‧sel

aksel m inan

1. (figure skating) axel (jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air)

• aksel in Polish dictionaries at PWN