Definition of Gimel

1. Noun. The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.


Definition of Gimel

1. Proper noun. A Swiss comune. ¹

2. Noun. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabet (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gimel

1. a Hebrew letter [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gimel

gimbal
gimbaled
gimbaling
gimballed
gimballing
gimbals
gimbap
gimblet
gimblets
gimboid
gimboids
gimcrack
gimcrackeries
gimcrackery
gimcracks
gimel (current term)
gimels
gimlet
gimlet-eyed
gimleted
gimleting
gimlets
gimlety
gimmal
gimmals
gimme
gimme a five
gimmer
gimmers
gimmes

Literary usage of Gimel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Rhipps (1895)
"... Moreau—Portrait of Gustavus Adolphus by one of his ministers—Fouch<5's denunciations—Duels at Hamburg—M. de gimel —The Hamburg Correspondant—Letter from ..."

2. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"... and sends Gioconda usually at the interval of a third; ever, substitutes a narcotic for the gimel. Discant for two voices, to administer poison. ..."

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