feel

feel

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of feel in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːl/, [fiːɫ]
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.

Verb

feel (third-person singular simple present feels, present participle feeling, simple past and past participle felt)

  1. (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
    1. (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
    2. (transitive) To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
    3. (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
    4. (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.
  2. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
    1. (transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
    2. (transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
    3. (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.
    4. (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
  3. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
  4. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
  5. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  6. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
Usage notes
  • When referring to the emotional state, most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used this way in US English.
  • In senses 2, 3, and 5, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

feel (plural feels)

  1. (archaic) The sense of touch.
  2. A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.
    Bark has a rough feel.
  3. A vague mental impression.
    You should get a feel for the area before moving in.
  4. An act of fondling.
    She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
  5. A vague understanding.
    I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
  6. An intuitive ability.
    She has a feel for music.
  7. (chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.
    I know that feel.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Korean: (ppil)
Translations

Etymology 2

See fele.

Pronoun

feel

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele

Adjective

feel (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele

Adverb

feel (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele

References

Anagrams

  • elfe, fele, flee, leef

Chinese

Etymology

From English feel. Cognate with Mandarin fu.

Pronunciation

Noun

feel (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. emotional attraction or desire
    佢好似對你有feel喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢好似对你有feel㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 hou2 ci5 deoi3 nei5 jau5 fiu1 wo3. [Jyutping]
    He seems to have some feelings for you.
  2. vibe; atmosphere

Verb

feel (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to sense
    有冇人feel到有地震? [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    jau5 mou5 jan4 fiu1 dou3-2 jau5 dei6 zan3? [Jyutping]
    Could anyone feel the earthquake?
  2. to experience or understand the mental state of others
    feel到佢做嘢好畀心機。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    feel到佢做嘢好畀心机。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 fiu1 dou3-2 keoi5 zou6 je5 hou2 bei2 sam1 gei1. [Jyutping]
    I could tell that he has devoted a lot of effort into his work.

Suffix

feel (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Used after a noun to form an adjective denoting resemblance towards such noun; -like; sense of …
    • 他接受訪問時表示由於劇中是佛山人,要做大陸feel一點 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
      他接受访问时表示由于剧中是佛山人,要做大陆feel一点 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
      taa1 zip3 sau6 fong2 man6 si4 biu2 si6 jau4 jyu1 kek6 zung1 si6 fat6 saan1 jan4, jiu3 zou6 daai6 luk6 feel jat1 dim2 [Jyutping]
      When being interviewed, he said that he need to act a bit more mainland-like as the character is from Foshan.
    • 現在證明事實確是如此,但相關帖文曾被懷疑是宣傳帖,「呢個POST勁PR FEEL」、「完全唔覺有吹到咁神」。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
      现在证明事实确是如此,但相关帖文曾被怀疑是宣传帖,「呢个POST劲PR FEEL」、「完全唔觉有吹到咁神」。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]
      jin6 zoi6 zing3 ming4 si6 sat6 kok3 si6 jyu4 ci2, daan6 soeng1 gwaan1 tip3 man4 cang4 bei6 waai4 ji4 si6 syun1 cyun4 tip3-2, “ni1 go3 post ging3 PR fiu1”, “jyun4 cyun4 m4 gok3 jau5 ceoi1 dou3 gam3 san4”. [Jyutping]
      Now it has been proven to be the truth, but the post was suspected to be promotional material; “this post is very PR-like”, “not feeling the movie is godlike how it has been said to be at all”.

Synonyms

  • (gǎn)

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Middle English

Pronoun

feel

  1. Alternative form of fele (many)

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fēla.

Verb

feel

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to feel

Old Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fidēlem (faithful). Replaced by the borrowing fidel in modern Catalan.

Adjective

feel

  1. faithful

Old French

Alternative forms

  • feal, feau, feeil, fial, fiel
  • fedeil, fetheil (early)

Etymology

From Latin fidēlis.

Adjective

feel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feel)

  1. faithful; loyal

Descendants

  • Middle French: feal, fieu, foial
    • French: féal
  • Early Scots: feal, feale, feall
    • Middle Scots: feall, fiall
      • Scots: feal, feele (obsolete)
      • English: feal

Seri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɛːɬ/

Noun

feel (article quij, plural feeloj)

  1. mallard

References

  • Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 297.

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