Akademik

gimel

noun

the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Hypernyms: ↑letter, ↑letter of the alphabet, ↑alphabetic character

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script

* * *

/gim"euhl/, n.

1. the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

3. Music. gymel.

[ < Heb gimel, akin to gamal camel]

* * *

gimel /gēˈmāl/

noun

The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet

ORIGIN: Heb

Useful english dictionary. 2012.