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Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”), plural form
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "modern" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈstiːli/; (formerly also) IPA(key): /stiːl/[1]
- Rhymes: -iːli
- Homophone: steely
Audio /ˈstiːli/ (US): (file)
Noun
stele (plural steles or stelai)
- (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
- 1820, T. S. Hughes, Trav. Sicily, I x 303:
- A superior class of members...had their names inscribed upon a marble stélé or column.
- 1825, T. D. Fosbroke, Encycl. Antiq., I v 70:
- It appears, that when any one of the family died, a stelè to his memory was added to the tomb.
- 1847, J. Leitch translating C. O. Müller, Anc. Art, §224 193:
- In Egypt [obelisks] belonged to the class of steles (commemorative pillars).
- 1884, A. Lang, Custom & Myth, 285:
- The Australian stele, or grave-pillar.
- 1820, T. S. Hughes, Trav. Sicily, I x 303:
- (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
- 1877, A. B. Edwards, Thousand Miles up Nile, VI 143:
- Two large hieroglyphed steles incised upon the face of a projecting mass of boldly rounded cliff.
- 1877, A. B. Edwards, Thousand Miles up Nile, VI 143:
- (architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
- c. 1840 Hosking, "Architecture" in Encyclopædia Britannica, III 470:
- Stele. The ornaments on the ridge of a Greek temple, answering to the antefixæ on the summit of the flank entablatures, are thus designated.
- c. 1840 Hosking, "Architecture" in Encyclopædia Britannica, III 470:
Usage notes
- Although stela and stele were used in antiquity for pillars and columns generally, and continued to carry that meaning when their use was revived in English archaeology and architecture in the 18th and 19th century, respectively, present usage usually distinguishes obelisks, columns, shafts (the body of a column between the capital and the pediment), etc., from stela and stele, which are used to refer to engraved slabs or small pillars.
- Furthermore, although the terms still refer to small pillarlike gravestones from antiquity, the similar-looking herms are now often distinguished, as are modern gravestones, monuments, boundary markers, etc.
- The terms do sometimes refer to undecorated rocks when they have been raised by artificial means in prehistoric times, particularly when they are slab-like, but the large Neolithic menhirs are usually distinguished as are Chinese scholar's rocks or Taihu rocks, and other modern uses of upright stones as decoration or signage.
- Stele is frequently pluralized irregularly as stelae, which is also used as a plural form of the more Latinized singular form stela. The anglicized Greek plural stelai has been used since the late 19th century but is less common than steles.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From 1886 French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”).
Noun
stele (plural steles)
- (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
- 1895, Sydney Howard Vines, A Students' Text-book of Botany, 179:
- The stele may have—in different structures—one to many protoxylem (primitive wood) groups, and is accordingly described as monarch...diarch...triarch...tetrarch...polyarch.
- 1898, Hobart Charles Porter translating Eduard Strasburger & al. A Text-book of Botany, 109:
- The so-called central cylinder, for which Van Tieghem has proposed the name stele (column).
- 1895, Sydney Howard Vines, A Students' Text-book of Botany, 179:
Translations
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "Stele".
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
stele
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
stele f (plural stelis)
Indonesian
Etymology
From English stele, from 1886 French stèle, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock; pillar; column”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stele or stélé
- (botany) stele, the central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
Further reading
- “stele” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Istro-Romanian
Noun
stele f (plural form of ste)
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
stele f (invariable)
- stele (all senses)
See also
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English stēle, stȳle, stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“steel weapon”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
stele (plural steles)
Descendants
References
- “stẹ̄̆l(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English stela, steola; a parallel etymology to English stale (“a handle, shaft, stem”, noun).
Noun
stele (plural steles or stelen)
- A stem or trunk of a plant.
- A ladder's side or half.
- c. 1225, “Seſte dale: penitence”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 96, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
- ſcheome ⁊ pine · aſ ſein Beornard ſeið beoð þe tƿa leaddꝛe steolen þe beoð up rriht to heouene […]
- As Saint Bernard says, shame and penury are the two sides of the ladder that go right up to heaven.
- A handle or shaft.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- And in o purpose stedfastly to dwel / And nat bewray thyng that men vs tel / But that tale is nat worthe a rake stele / Parde we women con nothyng hele
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 3
Verb
stele
- Alternative form of stelen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar”).
Noun
stele m (definite singular stelen, indefinite plural steler, definite plural stelene)
- (archaeology) A tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface
Etymology 2
From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Verb
stele (present tense steler, past tense stal, supine stålet)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by stjele
References
- “stele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “pillar”).
Noun
stele m (definite singular stelen, indefinite plural stelar, definite plural stelane)
- (archaeology) tall, slender stone monument, often with writing carved into its surface
Etymology 2
Verb
stele (present tense stel, past tense stal, past participle stole, passive infinitive stelast, present participle stelande, imperative stel)
- Alternative form of stela
References
- “stele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
stele f pl
Swedish
Adjective
stele
References
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
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- Rhymes:English/iːli
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- Dutch terms with audio links
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- Friulian terms inherited from Latin
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- Friulian nouns
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
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- id:Botany
- Istro-Romanian non-lemma forms
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛle
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- Italian lemmas
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- nb:Archaeology
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- nn:Archaeology
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- Norwegian Nynorsk class 4 strong verbs
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
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