fuelle

See also: füllé, fülle, and Fülle

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin follis, follem.

Noun

fuelle m (plural fuelles)

1. bag (of bagpipes)
2. bellows (device for delivering pressurized air)
3. sack or bag made from sheep skin

   Synonyms: zurrón, pelleyu

4. stomach (especially animals')

   Synonyms: banduyu, butiellu, estómadu

5. respiration
6. crease, fold in clothes

Middle English

Noun

fuelle

1. Alternative form of fewell

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweʝe/ [ˈfwe.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈfweʝe/ [ˈfwe.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈfweʎe/ [ˈfwe.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈfweʃe/ [ˈfwe.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈfweʒe/ [ˈfwe.ʒe]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝe

• Rhymes: -eʝe
• Rhymes: -eʎe
• Rhymes: -eʃe
• Rhymes: -eʒe

• Syllabification: fue‧lle

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin follem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

fuelle m (plural fuelles)

1. bellows (device for delivering pressurized air)
2. (photography) bellows (enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back)
3. the folding roof of a convertible vehicle
4. bag (of bagpipes)
5. stamina; steam
   • 2023 November 12, Xosé Hermida, “La derecha despliega todas sus redes para deslegitimar a Sánchez”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Vox, el partido que tomó vuelo con el procés y que había perdido fuelle a medida que este se desinflaba, ha hallado un balón de oxígeno.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• perder fuelle

 

Related terms

• follar
• holgar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fuelle

1. inflection of follar (“to blow with a bellows”):
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fuelle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014