Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: forel
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To bind with a forel.

Example Sentences

"As for Josephus's conceit , that the second edition of the temple by Zerubbabel , as it was new forelled and filleted with gold by Herod , was a statelier volume than the first of Solomon"

Etymology

From Middle English forel (“case, sheath”), from Old French forrel, fourrel.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: forel, forrel

Usage

Inflected Forms

forels (plural) forels (present, singular) foreling (US, participle) forelling (UK, participle) foreled (US, participle) foreled (US, past) forelled (UK, participle) forelled (UK, past)

Rhymes With

moral oral coral floral laurel immoral quarrel amoral balmoral sorrel sorel borrel

Questions

What does forel mean?: A kind of coarse parchment for book covers; a forrill.
Where does forel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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