spell
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powersWords or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
» How do you spell your name?
Wie buchstabiert man Ihren Namen? — Kerstin
Wie wird Dein Name buchstabiert? — Esperantostern
Wie buchstabiert man deinen Namen? — Adelpa
Как пишется ваше имя? — Hellerick
Как пишется твоё имя? — marafon
Як пишеться твоє ім'я? — deniko
Як пишеться ваше ім'я? — deniko
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11 sensesWords or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
He cast a spell to cure warts.
Zauberspruch, Zauberformel, Zauberwort
заклина́ниеzaklinánije, за́говорzágovor
заклина́нняzaklynánnja, закля́ттяzakljáttja, ча́риčáry
a verbal formula believed to have magical force
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
under a spell
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
(informal)A definite period (of work or other activity).
(colloquial)An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
kurze Periode, Weile, Weilchen
пери́одperíod, вре́мяvrémja, интерва́лintɛrvál
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
A period of rest; time off.
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
(US, colloquial)A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
(Northern England)A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
(obsolete)Speech, discourse.
Examples
509 sentencesHow do you spell your name?
Як пишеться твоє ім'я? — deniko
ruКак пишется ваше имя? — Hellerick
deWie buchstabiert man Ihren Namen? — Kerstin
How do you spell your family name?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko
ruКак пишется ваша фамилия? — saiko
deWie buchstabiert man deinen Nachnamen? — xtofu80
How do you spell your last name?
Як пишеться твоє прізвище? — deniko
ruКак пишется ваша фамилия? — saiko
deWie schreibt sich Ihr Nachname? — Fingerhut
Please tell me how to spell your name.
Будь ласка, скажи мені, як пишеться твоє ім'я. — deniko
ruПожалуйста, скажите мне, как пишется ваше имя. — sharptoothed
I don't know how to spell the word.
Я не знаю, як пишеться це слово. — deniko
ruЯ не знаю, как пишется это слово. — marafon
deIch weiß nicht, wie man das Wort buchstabiert. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-GermanFrom Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to tell”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to speak, to sound”) with the s-mobile prefix. Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”).
From Middle English spelen, from Old English spelian (“to represent, take or stand in the place of another, act as a representative of another”), akin to Middle English spale (“a rest or break”), Old English spala (“representative, substitute”).
From Middle English spel (“a thin piece of wood”), from Old Norse [Term?].
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Forms
plural: spellsSynonyms
28 synonyms- a verbal formula believed to have magical force:magic spellmagical spellcharm
- a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation:enchantmenttrance
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else):gotourturn
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition:whilepiecepatch
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