wesele

• wassele, wasyll, whesille, weesylle, wesel, wesil, wesile, wezele

Inherited from Old English weosule; from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛːzəl(ə)/, /ˈwæːzəl(ə)/, /ˈwɛzəl(ə)/

wesele (plural weseles)

1. weasel, polecat
2. A meal made of a pig or capon stuffed with pork mince.

• English: weasal
• Middle Scots: quhasill, wasyll, wasyll
  • Scots: whaisel, whaizle, wheesel, weasel (associated with whaisle "to wheeze")

• “wēsel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Inherited from Old Polish wesele, wesiele, wiesele, wiesiele, from Proto-Slavic *veselьje. By surface analysis, wesoły +‎ -ie.

• IPA^(key): /vɛˈsɛ.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Syllabification: we‧se‧le
• Homophone: weselę

wesele n (augmentative weselisko, related adjective weselny)

1. wedding reception (festivities accompanying a marriage ceremony)

   Synonyms: gody, przyjęcie weselne

2. (archaic) merriment, mirth (emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter)

   Synonyms: radość, wesołość

• wesele in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wesele in Polish dictionaries at PWN