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{{also|Bell|bèll|bell'}}
==English==
[[Image:Dzwon z Jasnej Góry.jpg|thumb|A large '''bell''']]
[[Image:Opel-1935-03.jpg|thumb|A bicycle '''bell''']]
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{{wikipedia|lang=en|Bell (school)}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|bĕl}}, {{IPA|en|/bɛl/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-bell.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛl|s=1}}
* {{hmp|en|belle}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|belle}}, from {{inh|en|ang|belle||bell}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*bellǭ}}. Cognate with {{cog|fy|belle}}, {{m|fy|bel}}, {{cog|nl|bel}}, {{cog|nds|Belle}}, {{m|nds|Bel}}, {{cog|da|bjelde}}, {{cog|sv|bjällra}}, {{cog|no|bjelle}}, {{cog|is|bjalla}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q101401}}{{lb|en|percussion instrument}} A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which [[resonate]]s when struck.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1848|author=w:Edgar Allan Poe|title=w:The Bells
|passage=''HEAR the sledges with the '''bells''' &mdash;''<br>''Silver '''bells'''!''<br>''What a world of merriment their melody foretells!''}}
# An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a [[bicycle]]'s [[handlebar]] and used by the [[cyclist]] to warn of their presence.
# The sounding of a bell as a signal.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=December 18, 2011| author=Ben Dirs| title=Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward| work=BBC Sport| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/16234673.stm| passage=Referee Steve Smoger was an almost invisible presence in the ring as both men went at it, although he did have a word with Froch when he landed with a shot after the '''bell''' at the end of the eighth.}}
# {{senseid|en|telephone call}}{{lb|en|chiefly|British|informal}} A [[telephone call]].
#: {{ux|en|I’ll give you a '''bell''' later.}}
# A signal at a [[school]] that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
# {{lb|en|music}} The [[flared]] [[end]] of a [[brass]] or [[woodwind]] instrument.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} Any of a series of [[stroke]]s on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the [[time]] (within a four hour watch)
# The flared end of a [[pipe]], designed to mate with a narrow [[spigot]].
# {{lb|en|computing}} The [[bell character]].
#: {{syn|en|alert|beep|mul:\a}}
# Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|V|i|passage=In a cowslip's '''bell''' I lie.}}
# {{lb|en|architecture}} The part of the [[capital]] of a [[column]] included between the [[abacus]] and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the [[leafage]] of a capital.
# {{lb|en|Scotland|archaic}} A [[bubble]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1828|author=James Hogg|title=Mary Burnet
|passage=He swam to the place where Mary disappeared but there was neither boil nor gurgle on the water, nor even a '''bell''' of departing breath, to mark the place where his beloved had sunk.}}
# {{lb|en|Britain|vulgar|slang}} {{clipping of|en|bell-end|t=stupid or contemptible person}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|in heraldry}} {{l|en|campane}}
* {{sense|rare}} {{l|en|tintinnabule}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col-top|3|Kinds of ''bell'' (noun)}}
* {{l|en|bicycle bell}}
* {{l|en|bridle-bell}}
* {{l|en|campane}}
* {{l|en|campana}}
* {{l|en|campanel}}, {{l|en|campanella}}
* {{l|en|cascabel}}
* {{l|en|church bell}}
* {{l|en|codon}}
* {{l|en|corrigiunculum}}, {{l|en|corrigiuncula}}
* {{l|en|crotal}}
* {{l|en|curfew}}, {{l|en|curfew-bell}}
* {{l|en|doorbell}}
* {{l|en|dinner-bell}}
* {{l|en|dupla}}
* {{l|en|handbell}}
* {{l|en|jingle bell}}
* {{l|en|nola}}
* {{l|en|peal}}
* {{l|en|petasius}}
* {{l|en|signum}}, {{l|en|signum bell}}
* {{l|en|squilla}}
* {{l|en|tintinnabulum}}
* {{l|en|tocsin}}
* {{l|en|vesper}}, {{l|en|vesper-bell}}
* {{l|en|yong bell}}
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=====Meronyms=====
* {{sense|internally suspended tool for striking}} {{l|en|clapper}}, {{l|en|tongue}}
* {{sense|flaring open end}} {{l|en|mouth}}

=====Holonyms=====
* {{sense|structure housing bells}} {{l|en|bell tower}}, {{l|en|campanile}}
* {{sense|sets of bells}} {{l|en|carillon}}, {{l|en|peal}}

=====Coordinate terms=====
{{col-top|3|Terms coordinate with ''bell'' (noun)}}
* {{l|en|alarm}}
* {{l|en|buzz}}
* {{l|en|buzzer}}
* {{l|en|chime}}
* {{l|en|curfew}}
* {{l|en|dinger}}
* {{l|en|ding-dong}}
* {{l|en|gong}}
* {{l|en|peal}}
* {{l|en|ringer}}
* {{l|en|siren}}
* {{l|en|tocsin}}
* {{l|en|toll}}
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=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en|seven bells|wedding bells|bell-like|bellbox|bellhopper|bellringing|firebell|magnetobell|merrybell|sandbell|sledgebell|sunnybell|windbell
|agogo bell
|alarm-bell
|alarm bell
|altar bell
|Angelus bell|bell pit
|bear the bell|bell glide|bell lyra|bell lyre|monkey's dinner bell
|bear away the bell
|bell animalcule
|bell arch
|Bell Bar
|bell-bearer
|bellbind
|bellbird
|bell, book and candle
|{{l|en|bell-bottom}}, {{l|en|bell-bottomed}}
|bell-bottoms
|bellboy
|bell buoy
|bell button
|bell captain|bell up|undern-bell
|bellcast
|bell character
|bell chord
|bell-collar
|bell cot
|bellcote
|bell cow
|bellcrank
|bell curve
|bell deck
|belldom
|belled
|bell end
|bell-faced
|bellflower
|bellfounder
|bellfounding
|bell gable
|bellgirl
|Bell Green
|bellhop
|bellhouse
|bell housing
|Bell Island
|bellist
|bell jar
|belllike
|{{vern|bell lerp}}
||bellmaker
|bellmaking
|bellman
|bell metal
|[[bell miner]] ({{taxlink|Manorina melanophrys|species}})
|bellmouth
|bell-mouthed
|bell pepper
|bellperson
|bellpull
|bell punch
|bell push|bellpush
|bell ringer
|bell-ringing
|bell rope
|{{l|en|bells and smells}}, {{l|en|smells and bells}}
|bells and whistles
|bell-shaped
|bell tent
|bell the cat
|bell tower
|bell trap
|bell tree
|bellwether
|bellwoman
|bell work
|bellwort
|bluebell
|Canterbury bells
|Christmas bells
|church bell
|clear as a bell
|[[coral bells]], [[coralbells]], [[coral-bells]] ({{taxfmt|Heuchera|genus}})
|cowbell
|death bell
|diving bell
|diving bell spider
|doorbell
|dressing-bell
|dumbbell
|engine bell
|forebell
|give someone a bell
|handbell
|[[harebell]] ({{taxlink|Campanula rotundifolia|species}})
|hawkbell
|heather-bell
|hell's bells
|jingle bell
|joy bell
|kettlebell
|larum-bell
|lose the bell
|lowbell
|market bell
|Mass bell
|{{vern|mountain bell}} ({{taxfmt|Darwinia|genus}})
|mule bell
|Oconee bells
|on a bell
|passing bell
|peal of bells
|pull the other one, it's got bells on
|ring a bell
|ring of bells
|ring one's bell
|ring someone's bell
|sacring bell
|saints' bell
|sance bell
|sanctus bell
|save by the bell
|sheep-bell
|ship's bells
|silverbell
|Six Bells
|sleighbell
|snowbell
|sound as a bell
|swimming bell
|tubular bells
|unring a bell
|with bells on
|yellow bells
|you can't unring a bell
|bell bottoms|bell boy|bell crank|bell curve god|bell founder|bell frog|bell heather|bell hopper|bell sleeve|bell-bind|bell-bottom trousers|bell-bottomed trousers|bell-end|bell-founder|bell-gable|bell-horse|bell-pull|bell-tent|bell-topper|bell-wether|calling bell|cow bell|da bell|diving-bell|division bell|door-bell|dumb-bell|horse-bell|joy-bell|low-bell|mindfulness bell|minute bell|passing-bell|sacring-bell|saved by the bell|shop-bell|sleigh bell|soul bell|telephone-bell|warning bell|wind-bell|dead bell|dinner bell|fog bell|leper's bell|mort bell
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|bor=1|hif|belo}}
* {{desc|ja|ベル|tr=beru|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|벨|bor=1}}

=====Translations=====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|percussive instrument}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|асаркьал}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|bel}}, {{tt|af|klok}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|lingë}}, {{tt|sq|këmbanë|f}}, {{tt+|sq|zile|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ደወል}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|جَرَس|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|جرس|m|tr=garas}}
* Aramaic:
*: Hebrew: {{tt|he|זגא|tr=zagā, zago|m}}
*: Syriac: {{tt|arc|ܙܓܐ|tr=zagā, zago|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|զանգ}} {{gloss|big}}, {{tt+|hy|զանգակ}} {{gloss|small}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|cãmbanã|f}}, {{tt|rup|chipru}}
* Asturian: {{tt|ast|campana|f}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|цӏумур}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|zəng}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|ҡыңғырау}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|kanpai}}, {{tt|eu|txirrin}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|звон|m}}, {{tt|be|звано́чак|m}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|ঘণ্টা}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|kampana}}, {{t+|bcl|bagtingan}}
* Bislama: {{tt|bi|bel}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|kloc'h|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|камба́на|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ခေါင်းလောင်း}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|campana|f}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|kampana}}, {{tt|ceb|linganay}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|kasesepi}}
* Chechen: {{t-needed|ce}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|鐘|tr=zhōng}}, {{tt+|cmn|鈴|tr=líng}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|çañ}}, {{tt|crh|çañ sesi}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|zvon|m}} {{gloss|church}}, {{tt+|cs|zvonek|m}} {{gloss|smaller}}, {{tt|cs|zvonec|m}} {{gloss|cattle}}, {{tt+|cs|zvoneček|m}} {{gloss|small}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|campuona|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|klokke|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bel|f}}, {{tt+|nl|klok|f}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|sonorilo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|kell}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|klokka|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kello}}, {{tt+|fi|tiuku}} {{q|small}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|cloche|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|cjampane|f}}, {{tt|fur|čhampane|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|campá|f}}, {{tt|gl|sino|m}}, {{tt|gl|esquilo|m}}, {{tt|gl|campaíña|f}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|ზარი}}, {{tt+|ka|ზანზალაკი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Glocke|f}}
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|Glogg|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|καμπάνα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|κώδων|m}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|klòch}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|פַּעֲמוֹן|m|tr=pa'amón}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|घंटा|m}}, {{tt+|hi|घंटी|f}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|harang}}
* Hunsrik: {{tt|hrx|Glock|f}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|bjalla|f}}, {{tt+|is|klukka|f}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|kampana}}, {{t|ilo|kampana}}, {{t|ilo|kampanilia}} {{qualifier|small}}, {{t|ilo|batingting}}, {{t|ilo|kikiling}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Indonesian: {{tt|id|loceng}}, {{tt+|id|bel}}
* Ingrian: {{tt|izh|kello}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|clog}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|campana|f}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{tt|jam|bel}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|鐘|tr=かね, kane}}, {{tt+|ja|鈴|tr=すず, suzu}}, {{tt+|ja|ベル|tr=beru}}
* Jingpho: {{tt|kac|hkawng lawng}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|kampana}}, {{t|pam|mungmungan}}, {{t|pam|tale}}, {{t|pam|bakting}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{tt|krc|къонгуроу}}
* Kavalan: {{t|ckv|amil}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|қоңырау}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|កណ្ដឹង}} {{qualifier|small}}, {{tt|km|ចួង}}  {{qualifier|large}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|종(鐘)}}, {{tt|ko|벨}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|къонгурав}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|زەنگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|zing}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|коңгуроо}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ລະຄັງ}}, {{tt+|lo|ກະດິງ}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|campana|f}} {{qualifier|large}}, {{tt|la|tintinnābulum|n}} {{qualifier|small}}, {{tt|la|nola|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|zvans|m}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|зенг}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|varpas|m}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|ekengele}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt|lb|Klack|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|ѕвоно|n}} {{gloss|big}}, {{tt|mk|ѕвонче|n}} {{gloss|small}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|loceng}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|മണി}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᠵᡠᠩ}}, {{t|mnc|ᡥᠣᠩᡤᠣᠨ}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|pere}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|хонх}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|kengele|c9|c10}}
* Nogai: {{tt|nog|конъырав}}
* Norman: {{qualifier|Guernsey}} {{tt|nrf|clloque|f}}, {{qualifier|Jersey}} {{tt|nrf|clioche|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|bjelle|m|f}}, {{tt+|nb|klokke|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|bjølle|f}}, {{tt|nn|klokke|f}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|campana|f}}
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|godotaagan}}
* Okinawan: {{tt|ryu|かに}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|клаколъ|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|клаколъ|m}}, {{tt|orv|колоколъ|m}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|belle|f}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|bilbila}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|дзӕнгӕрӕг}}
* Pangasinan: {{t|pag|kampana}}, {{t|pag|banting}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|дзвон|m-in}}
* Pashto: {{tt|ps|چان|m|tr=čān}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|زنگ|tr=zang}} {{gloss|big}}, {{tt+|fa|زنگوله|tr=zangule}} {{gloss|small}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Kjlinja|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dzwon|m}}, {{tt+|pl|dzwonek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|sino|m}} {{qualifier|especially a big one}}, {{tt+|pt|campainha|f}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|clopot|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ко́локол|m}} {{gloss|big}}, {{tt+|ru|колоко́льчик|m}} {{gloss|small}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|campana|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|clag|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|зво̏но|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|zvȍno|m}}
* Shan: {{tt|shn|ၶွင်းလွင်း}}
* Sidamo: {{tt|sid|bilbila}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|zvon|m}}, {{tt|sk|zvonček|m}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Slovene: {{tt|sl|zvon|m}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|koor}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|шаҥ}}, {{t|alt|коҥору}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|campana|f}} {{gloss|big}}, {{tt+|es|campanilla|f}} {{gloss|small}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kengele}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|klocka|c}}, {{tt+|sv|pingla|c}} {{gloss|very small}}, {{t+|sv|bjällra|c}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|зенг}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|kampana}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|занг}}, {{tt|tg|зангӯла}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|மணி}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|чаң}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|గంట}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ระฆัง}}, {{tt+|th|กระดิ่ง}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|དྲིལ་བུ}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çan}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|jaň}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|коңга}}, {{tt|tyv|звонок}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|дзвін|m}} {{qualifier|big}}, {{tt|uk|дзво́ник|m}} {{gloss|small}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|گھنٹہ|m|tr=ghãṇṭā}}, {{tt|ur|گھنٹی|f|tr=ghãṇṭī}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|جاڭ}}, {{tt|ug|قوڭغۇراق}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|zang}}, {{tt+|uz|qoʻngʻiroq}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|canpana|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|chuông}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|clotche|f}}, {{tt+|wa|cloke|f}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|kampana}}, {{t|war|kampanilya}} {{qualifier|small}}, {{t|war|bagtingan}}, {{t|war|linganay}} {{qualifier|of a church}}, {{t|war|tilingtiling}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|cloch|f}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|tswb}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|גלאָק|m}}
* Yup'ik: {{tt|esu|kuluk'uunaq}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|insimbi|c9|c10}}
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{{trans-top|sounding of a bell as a signal}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|ҡыңғырау}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|sonorado}}, {{tt|eo|tinto}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|soitto}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonnerie|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|badalada|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Klingeln|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csengetés}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ベル|tr=beru}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|벨}}
* Northwestern Ojibwa: {{t|ojb|madwesidoon}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|badalada|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звон|m}}, {{tt+|ru|звоно́к|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|clag|m}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çalma}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|дзвіно́к|m}}
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{{trans-top|informal: telephone call|id=telephone call}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|զանգ}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|звън|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|belletje|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|soitto}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|coup de fil|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Klingel|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|τηλεφώνημα|n}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|hívás}}, {{tt+|hu|telefonhívás}}
* Icelandic: {{tt|is|símtal|n}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|chiamata|f}}, {{tt+|it|telefonata}}
* Norwegian: {{tt|no|ringing|m|f}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|زنگ|tr=zang}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dzwonek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|toque|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звоно́к|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kengele}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|pling|n}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|zil}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|дзвіно́к|m}}
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{{trans-top|signal at a school}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|զանգ}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|ҡыңғырау}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|звънец|m}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|zvonění|n}}, {{tt+|cs|zvonek|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bel|f}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|sonorilo}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kello}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonnerie|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Klingel|f}}, {{tt+|de|Schelle|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|κουδούνι|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|צלצול|m|tr=tsiltsul}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|csengő}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|bjalla|f}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kello}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|campanella|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|鐘|tr=[[かね]], kane}}, {{tt+|ja|ベル|tr=beru}}, {{tt+|ja|チャイム|tr=chaimu}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|tintinnabulum}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|ѕво́нче|n}}
* Norwegian: {{tt|no|innringing|m|f}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|زنگ|tr=zang}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dzwonek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|sinal|m}}, {{tt+|pt|campainha|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звоно́к|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|clag|m}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|zvonenie}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|zvonec|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kengele}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|zil}}
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{{trans-top|the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|камбановидно разширение}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kello}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|pavillon}}
* Norwegian: {{tt|no|sjallstykke|n}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|czara|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ра́струб|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|clag|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|pabellón|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kengele}}
* Swedish: {{tt|sv|klockstycke|n}}
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{{trans-top|nautical: any of a series of strokes struck to indicate time}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|glas|c}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lasi}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|скля́нка|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|clag|m}}
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{{trans-top|an instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|tintilo}}, {{tt|eo|tintilo de biciklo}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonnette|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|csengő}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|ringeklokke|m|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|campainha|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|звонок|m}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|zvonček}}
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* Arabic: {{l|ar|جرس}} (jaras), {{t-check|ar|نَاقُوس}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|kloc'h|m}}, {{t+check|br|kleier|p}} (church), {{t-check|br|sonerez|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bel}}, {{t+check|id|lonceng}}, {{t+check|id|genta}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|campana}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|종}}
* Latin: {{t+check|la|campana|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+check|oc|campana|f}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|గంట}}
* Vietnamese: (cái) {{t+check|vi|chuông}}
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}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->

=====See also=====
* {{sense|study of bells}} {{l|en|campanology}}
* {{sense|expert in bells}} {{l|en|campanist}}, {{l|en|campanologist}}
* {{sense|player of bells}} {{l|en|bell-ringer}}, {{l|en|carilloner}}, {{l|en|carilloneur}}, {{l|en|carillonist}}, {{l|en|ringer}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulary}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulist}}
* {{sense|playing of bells}} {{l|en|bell-ringing}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulation}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulism}}, {{l|en|tintinnation}}
* {{sense|bell-related}} {{l|en|campanistic}}, {{l|en|campanologic}}, {{l|en|campanarian}}, {{l|en|tintinnabular}}, {{l|en|tintinnabular}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulary}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulatory}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulous}}
* {{sense|related to a peal of bells or bell tower}} {{l|en|campanilian}}
* {{sense|bell-shaped}} {{l|en|bell-shaped}}, {{l|en|campanal}}, {{l|en|campaniform}}, {{l|en|campaniliform}}, {{l|en|campanular}}, {{l|en|campanulate}}, {{l|en|campanulated}}, {{l|en|campanulous}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulate}}
* {{sense|containing bells}} {{l|en|campaned}}
* {{sense|sounding like a small bell}} {{l|en|jingling}}, {{l|en|tinkling}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulant}}, {{l|en|tintinnabulating}}, {{l|en|tintinnating}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To attach a bell to.
#: {{ux|en|Who will '''bell''' the cat?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[shape]] so that it [[flare]]s out like a bell.
#: ''to '''bell''' a tube''
# {{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[telephone]].<!--compare "give me a bell"-->
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Dominic Lavin|title=Last Seen in Bangkok|passage="Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. '''Bell''' us on the mobile.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To develop bells or [[corolla]]s; to take the form of a bell; to [[blossom]].
#: {{ux|en|Hops '''bell'''.}}

=====Translations=====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|to attach a bell to}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|[[слагам]] [[звънец]]/[[камбана]] [[на]]}}
* Dutch: de bel aanbinden
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|meti sonorilon}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[laittaa]] [[kello]]}}
* Norwegian: {{tt|no|henge en bjelle på}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to shape as a bell}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|slang: to telephone}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|telefonvoki}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rimpauttaa}}, {{tt+|fi|pirauttaa}}, {{tt+|fi|kilauttaa}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звони́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|позвони́ть|pf}}
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}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|bell out}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|bellen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|bellan||to bellow; make a hollow noise; roar; bark; grunt}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bellaną||to sound; roar; bark}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to sound; roar; bark}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|bell||to shout; speak loudly}}, {{cog|nl|bellen||to ring}}, {{cog|nds-de|bellen||to ring}}, {{cog|de|bellen||to bark}}, {{cog|sv|böla||to low; bellow; roar}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[bellow]] or [[roar]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1774|author=Oliver Goldsmith|title=A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature|passage=This animal is said to ''harbour'' in the place where he resides. When he cries, he is said to '''''bell'''''; the print of his hoof is called the ''slot''; his tail is called the ''single''; his excrement the ''fumet''; his horns are called his ''head'' [...].}}
#* {{RQ:Kipling Jungle Book
|passage=As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled / Once, twice and again!}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1872|author=w:Robert Browning|title=Fifine at the Fair|url=https://books.google.ru/books?id=7rYNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fifine+at+the+Fair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwids9GC99XWAhUELZoKHRGTAEIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=You%20acted%20part%20so%20well%2C%20went%20all%20fours%20upon%20earth%E2%80%A5brayed%2C%20belled.&f=false
|passage=You acted part so well, went alɬ-fours upon earth / The live-long day, brayed, '''belled'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1955|author=w:William Golding|title=The Inheritors|publisher=Faber and Faber|year_published=2005|page=128
|passage=Then, incredibly, a rutting stag '''belled''' by the trunks.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[utter]] in a [[loud]] manner; to [[thunder]] forth.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1591|author=w:Edmund Spenser|title=w:Astrophel
|passage=Their leaders '''bell '''their bleating tunes In doleful sound.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|belling}}

=====Translations=====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|to bellow}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|муча}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|balken}}, {{tt+|nl|loeien}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|karjua}}, {{tt+|fi|ulvoa}}
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}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[bellow]] or [[bay]] of certain animals, such as a [[hound]] on the hunt or a [[stag]] in rut.

=====Translations=====
{{multitrans|data=
{{trans-top|bellow of certain animals}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ulvonta}}
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}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->

{{C|en|Animal sounds|Bicycle parts}}

{{cln|en|calculator words}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|bellus}}. Compare {{cog|oc|bèll}}, {{m|oc|bèu}}, {{cog|fr|beau}}, {{cog|es|bello}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|é}}<!-- per GDLC, DNV, DCVB -->
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-bell.wav}}
* {{rhymes|ca|eʎ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|ca|vell}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# {{lb|ca|literary or dialectal}} [[beautiful]]
#: {{syn|ca|ben plantat|bonic|bufó|formós|maco|preciós}}

====Usage notes====
* Disused in most dialects because of its homophony with {{l|ca|vell}} (“old”), but still frequently found in literary texts.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|bellament}}
* {{l|ca|bellesa}}
* {{l|ca|belles arts}}
* {{l|ca|embellir}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|zh}}

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=beu6
|cat=v
}}

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}}

# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} to [[nudge]]; to [[shove]]
#* {{quote-song|zh|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyU5ih6vYKA|year=2015|title=Happy Tummy Dance|format=TV advertisement}}
#*: {{zh-x|我 要 我 嘅 肚仔　每日 變 fit{t1} 啲　'''bel{u}l{6}''' 右 又 '''bel{u}l{6}''' 左　腸{coeng4-2}道{dou6} 健康 啲||C}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|zh|yue:bell開|yue:鬆bell bell}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Bolton & Hutton 2005|page=19}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-bell.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|de|bellen||s|imp}}
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} {{verb form of|de|bellen||1|s|pres}}

==Maltese==
{{mt-root|b-l-l}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mt|ar|بَلَّ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/bɛll/}}

===Verb===
{{mt-verb|jbell|miblul}}

# to [[dip]] {{gl|immerse something shortly or partly into a liquid}}

====Conjugation====
{{mt-conj/I-gemm|b|l|e|e}}

==Old English==

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|f}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|belle}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/bɛɬ/}}
* {{IPA|cy|/beːɬ/|a=cy-S,also}}

===Adjective===
{{head|cy|mutated adjective}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|pell}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|pell}}