rafel
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Catalan
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rafel m (plural rafels)
Further reading
[edit]- “rafel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown. English ravel is believed to be a borrowing from Dutch.
Noun
[edit]rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)
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[edit]- Afrikaans: rafel
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French rafle (“a type game played with three dice”), from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game, plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Old High German *raffalon, a frequentative of *raffon (modern German raffen). Related to rapen.
Noun
[edit]rafel f (plural rafels, diminutive rafeltje n)
Related terms
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
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