eel
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The meaning (definition) of the word eel
a long, slippery fish that looks like a snake
The word eel used in a sentence
“An eel swims through the water like a wiggly snake.”
The plural of the word eel
eels
How the word eel is said around the world
| French | anguille (ahngeey) |
| Spanish | Anguila (ahnggeelah) |
| Mandarin | 鳗鱼 (mán yú) |
| Hindi | बाम मछली (bahm mukylee) |
| Arabic | الجريث (ahljreeth) |
| Russian | угорь (ugor') |
| Portuguese (EU) | enguia (aynggweeuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | enguia (aynggeea) |
| Japanese | うなぎ (unagi) |
| German | Aal (ahl) |
| Urdu | اییل (ayl) |
| Punjabi | ਬਾਮਮਛਲੀ (bahmuhmuhkyuhlee) |
| Korean | 뱀장어 (baemjangeo) |
| Hebrew | צְלוֹפָּח (tslohpahkh) |
| Greek | χέλι (kheli) |
| Dutch | aal (ahl) |
| Tagalog | igat (eegaht) |
| Vietnamese | lươn (lewuhn) |
| Turkish | yılanbalığı (yulahnbahluuu) |
| Persian | مارماهی (mahrmahee) |
| Polish | węgorz (venggawsh) |
| Ukrainian | вугор (vuhor) |
| Bengali | ইল (eel) |
| Swedish | ål (ohl) |
| Italian | anguilla (ahnggweellah) |
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