welke

See also: Welke

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛlkə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlkə

Determiner

welke

1. inflection of welk:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

German

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Verb

welke

1. inflection of welken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

welke

1. Alternative form of welk

Etymology 2

Verb

welke

1. Alternative form of welken (“to dry out”)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English welk.

Noun

welke oblique singular, f (oblique plural welkes, nominative singular welke, nominative plural welkes)

1. whelk

Usage notes

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (welke) lists the meaning as turtle or tortoise

References

• welke on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub