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{{also|Eel|e'el|eʼel|eel-|-eel}}
==English==
[[Image:Anguillarostratakils.jpg|thumb|An eel]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|el}}, from {{inh|en|ang|ǣl|t=eel}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*āl}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ēlaz|t=eel}}, which is of unknown origin.

{{rel-top|Cognates:}}
Cognate with {{cog|fy|iel|t=eel}}, {{cog|nl|aal|t=eel}}, {{cog|nds-de|Aal}}, {{m|nds-de|Ool|t=eel}}, {{cog|de|Aal|t=eel}}, {{cog|sv|-}}, {{cog|da|-}} and {{cog|no|ål|t=eel}}.
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===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|ēl}}, {{IPA|en|/iːl/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-eel.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːl|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|'e'll}}

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

# {{senseid|en|Q128685}}Any freshwater [[fish]] of the order [[Anguilliformes]], which are elongated and resemble [[snake]]s.
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=William J. Broad|title=Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table|magazine=w:The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/26/science/creatures-of-the-deep-find-their-way-to-the-table.html|date=26-12-1995|passage=Off the United States, the National Marine Fisheries Service is helping industry explore fisheries for deep shrimp, rattails, chimeras, orange roughy, smoothheads, slackjaw '''eels''', blue hake, skates and dogfish, which the National Fisheries Institute, an industry group, in an effort to improve their marketability, has renamed cape shark.}}
# A [[European eel]] ({{taxfmt|Anguilla anguilla|species}}).
# Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.
#: {{ux|en|That Dennis is a right '''eel''', he always seems to slip away from the scene at the right time.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003| title=Only by Your Touch|author=Catherine Anderson | page=| passage=His expression when incredulous. "Why would you think that?" He was a slippery little '''eel'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004| title=Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth|author=F. Scott Spencer | page=26| passage=Philosophers and literary critics from ancient times, along with social scientists, physicians, theologians, and biblical scholars more recently, have tried to get a tentative handle, if not a firm grasp, on this "slippery '''eel'''" of humor and laughter.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2016| title=Newton and Polly: A Novel of Amazing Grace |author=Jody Hedlund | page=131| passage=John scowled after the dog. "Never fear, my lady. I shall get the sneaky, slippery '''eel''' yet." }}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|eelblenny|eelery|eelworm
|swamp eel|{{vern|African eel}}
|{{vern|African longfin eel}} ({{taxlink|Anguilla mossambica|species}})
|{{vern|African spoon-nose eel}} ({{taxlink|Mystriophis rostellatus|species}})
|{{vern|African mottled eel}} ({{taxlink|Anguilla bengalensis labiata|subspecies}})
|[[Asian swamp eel]] ({{taxfmt|Monopterus albus|species}})
|[[bastard eel]] ({{taxlink|Gymnothorax miliaris|species}})
|{{l|en|cutthroat eel}} (family {{taxlink|Synaphobranchidae|family}} spp.)
|{{l|en|conger eel}} ({{taxfmt|Congridae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|Congo eel}} ({{taxfmt|Amphiuma|genus}} spp.: order {{taxfmt|Caudata|order}})
|[[cusk-eel]] ({{taxlink|Ophidiidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|deep-sea spiny eel}} (family {{taxfmt|Notacanthidae|family}} spp.: order {{taxlink|Notacanthiformes|order}})
|[[deepwater big-eyed worm eel]]
|{{vern|duckbill eel}} (family {{taxlink|Nettastomatidae|family}})|eel basket
|[[eel-blenny]]
|{{l|en|eelboat}}
|{{l|en|eelbuck}}
|{{l|en|eeler}}
|{{l|en|eelfare}}
|{{vern|eelfish}}
|{{l|en|eelgrass}} ({{taxfmt|Zostera|genus}} spp., [marine], {{taxfmt|Vallisneria|genus}} spp. [freshwater])
|{{l|en|eelish}}
|{{l|en|eellike}}, [[eel-like]]
|{{l|en|eelpot}}
|{{l|en|eelpout}}, {{l|en|eel-pout}} ({{taxfmt|Zoarcidae|family}} spp.)
|{{l|en|eelskin}}
|{{l|en|eelspear}}|ramper eel
|{{l|en|eely}}
|{{l|en|electric eel}} (order {{taxfmt|Gymnotiformes|order}} spp.)
|{{l|en|European eel}} ({{taxfmt|Anguilla anguilla|species}})
|[[fire eel]] ({{taxlink|Mastacembelus erythrotaenia|species}})
|[[garden eel]] ({{taxlink|Heterocongrinae|subfamily}} spp.)
|[[glass eel]]
|[[gulper eel]]
|{{l|en|Japanese eel}} ({{taxlink|Anguilla japonica|species}})
|[[lamper eel]] ({{taxfmt|Petromyzontiformes|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|longfin eel}} ({{taxlink|Anguilla mossambica|species}})
|[[longneck eel]] ({{taxfmt|Derichthyidae|family}} spp.)
|[[marbled eel]]
|[[Mauritanian shortface eel]] ({{taxlink|Panturichthys mauritanicus|species}})
|[[monkeyface eel]] ({{taxlink|Cebidichthys violaceus|species}})
|{{l|en|moray eel}} ({{taxfmt|Muraenidae|family}} spp.)
|[[mud eel]] ({{taxlink|Siren intermedia|species}} spp.: order {{taxfmt|Caudata|order}})
|[[neck eel]] ({{taxfmt|Derichthyidae|family}} spp.)
|[[pelican eel]] ({{taxlink|Eurypharynx pelecanoides|species}})
|{{vern|pike eel}} ({{taxlink|Muraenesox bagio|species}})
|{{vern|rubber eel}} (family {{taxlink|Typhlonectidae|family}} spp.: order {{taxfmt|Gymnophiona|order}})
|{{l|en|sand eel}} (family {{taxfmt|Ammodytidae|family}} spp.)
|[[sawtooth eel]] (family {{taxlink|Serrivomeridae|family}})
|[[sea eel]]
|short-finned eel
|[[silver eel]]
|[[slime eel]] ({{taxfmt|Myxinidae|family}} spp.)
|{{l|en|slippery as an eel}}
|[[snake eel]], [[snake-eel]] (family {{taxfmt|Ophichthidae|family}} spp.)
|[[snipe eel]] (family {{taxlink|Nemichthyidae|family}} spp.)
|[[snowflake eel]]
|{{vern|spaghetti eel}} (family {{taxfmt|Moringuidae|family}} spp.)
|[[spiny eel]] (family {{taxlink|Mastacembelidae|family}} spp.: order {{taxfmt|Synbranchiformes|order}})
|{{vern|thin eel}} (genus {{taxlink|Myroconger|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|two-legged eel}} ({{taxlink|Siren intermedia|species}} spp.: order {{taxfmt|Caudata|order}})
|[[vinegar eel]]
|[[wheat-eel]]
|[[wolf eel]]
|{{vern|worm eel}} (families {{taxfmt|Ophichthidae|family}} spp., {{taxfmt|Moringuidae|family}}spp., et al)
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|any fish of the order Anguilliformes}}
* Abenaki: {{t|abe|nahômo}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|aal}}, {{t+|af|paling}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|igat}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|ngjalë|f}}
* Algonquin: {{t|alq|mihtúckquashep}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَنْقَلِيس|m}}, {{t|ar|أَنْكَلِيس|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|حَنَشْ|m|tr=ḥanaš}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|أَنْقَليس|m|tr=ʔangalīs}}, {{t|acw|أَنْكَليس|m|tr=ʔankalīs}}
*: Levantine, North: {{t|apc|أَنْكَلِيس|m|tr=ʔankalīs}}
*: Levantine, South: {{t|ajp|حَنْكَلِيس|m|tr=ḥankalīs}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|نُونَة|m|tr=nūna}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օձաձուկ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|anguila|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|ilan balığı}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|aingira}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{t|sne|bodung}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ву́гар|m}}, {{t|be|вуго́р|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|বানমাছ}}
* Bislama: {{t|bi|namarae}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|silienn|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|змио́рка|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ငါးရှဉ့်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|anguila|f}}
* Cayuga: {{t|cay|gǫ́ːdeh}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kasili}}
* Central Melanau: {{t|mel|beduong}}
* Ch'orti': {{t|caa|utuʼ čay}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏢᏕᎦ|sc=Cher}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鰻魚|tr=maan4 jyu2}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|鰻|tr=muâ}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|鱸鰻|tr=lô͘-môa}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|海鰻|tr=hái-môa}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|烏耳鰻|tr=o͘-hī-môa}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鰻魚|tr=mányú}}, {{t+|cmn|鰻|tr=mán}}, {{t+|cmn|鱔魚|tr=shànyú}}, {{t+|cmn|䱇}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|sylli|f}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|anguilla}}
* Creek: {{t|mus|acv´ppv}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|úhoř|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|anǧola}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ål|c}}, {{t|da|ålefisk|c}}
* Daur: {{t|dta|kotmaal}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ވެނ|sc=Thaa}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|paling|m}}, {{t+|nl|aal|m}} {{q|before it can spawn}}, {{t+|nl|palingachtigen|p}}
* Elfdalian: {{t|ovd|ål|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|angilo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|angerjas}}, {{t|et|angerjalised}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|állur|m}}, {{t|fo|álur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ankerias}}, {{t|fi|ankeriaskala}}
* French: {{t+|fr|anguille|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|bisat|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|airoa|f}}, {{t+|gl|anguía|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|გველთევზა|lit=snake fish}}, {{t|ka|გველთევზასნაირნი|p}}
* German: {{t+|de|Aal|m}}, {{t|de|Aalartige|p}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χέλι|n|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔγχελυς|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|nimeriaq}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|બામ માછલી|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|zangi}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|puhi}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צְלוֹפָח|tr=tzlofáḥ}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|kasili}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बाँब}}, {{t+|hi|बाम}}, {{t|hi|सर्पमीन|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|angolna}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|áll|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|anguilo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|belut}}, {{t+|id|sidat}}, {{t+|id|ikan mua}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|ankerias}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|eascann|f}}
* Isnag: {{t|isd|ixat}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|anguilla|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ウナギ|tr=unagi|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|鰻|tr=うなぎ, unagi|sc=Jpan}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|welut}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ನೀರಹಾವು}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|igat}} {{qualifier|black}}, {{t|pam|palus}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|wãgòrz|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жыланбалық}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អន្ទង់|tr=ɑntʊəng|sc=Khmr}}
* Klamath-Modoc: {{t|kla|ġawi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|장어}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|مارماسی}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|marmasî|m|lit=snake fish}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຕົວອ່ຽນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|anguilla|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|zutis|m}}
* Limburgish: {{t+|li|aol}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|ungurys|m}}, {{t|lt|unguriažuvės|p}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Éil}}, {{t|lb|Laangfësch|lit=long fish}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јагула|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|belut}}, {{t|ms|ikan mua}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ആരൽ}}, {{t|ml|മനഞ്ഞില്മത്സ്യം}}, {{t|ml|വഴുതിമാറുന്നവന്}}, {{t|ml|വിലാഞ്ഞില്}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sallur|m}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|astan|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tuna}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|बाम माछली}}
* Mi'kmaq: {{t|mic|ga't|an}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|el}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|могой загас|lit=snake fish}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|cōāmichin}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ|lit=lizard fish}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|capitone}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|mhunga|c3|c4}}
* Norn: {{t|nrn|ål|m}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|ággaras}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ål|m}}
* O'odham: {{t|ood|wamad watopi}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|anguila|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ǣl|m}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|áll|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|ییلان بالغی|tr=yılan balığı}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مارماهی|tr=mârmâhi}}
* Polabian: {{t|pox|voďör|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węgorz|m}}, {{t|pl|węgorzokształtne|p}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|enguia|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|anghilă|f}}, {{t+|ro|țipar|m}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|anguilla|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́горь|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t+|gd|easgann|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|јегуља|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|угор|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jegulja|f}}, {{t+|sh|ugor|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|anghidda|f}}, {{t+|scn|ancidda}}, {{t+|scn|ncidda}}, {{t+|scn|nghidda}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|úhor|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|jegulja|f}}, {{t|sl|ogór|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|wugoŕ|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|wuhor|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|anguila|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mkunga}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ål|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|igat}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|мормоҳӣ}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|விலாங்கு|sc=Taml}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|మలుగు చేప|sc=Telu}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|tuna}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปลาไหล|tr=bplaa lăi}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྦྲུལ་ཉ}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|mario}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yılan balığı|lit=snake fish}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|вуго́р|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تاسما}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|bixato|m}}, {{t|vec|bixat|m}}, {{t|vec|bixata|f}}, {{t|vec|bisato}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|cá chình}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|pil}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hipil}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t+|vo|jipil}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t|vo|snekafit}} {{qualifier|older term}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|anweye}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|indong}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llysywen|m}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{t|bdr|badung}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|iel|c}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|ntses nab}}
* Wiradjuri: {{t|wrh|galindulin}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|ווענגער|m}}
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{{trans-see|''Anguilla anguilla''|European eel}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|elver}}

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

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[fish]] for eels.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move with a [[sinuous]] motion like that of an eel.

===References===
* {{pedia}}
* {{specieslite|Anguilliformes}}
* {{comcatlite|Anguilliformes}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eel|ELE|Lee|l'ee|lee}}

{{C|en|Eels}}

==Estonian==

===Noun===
{{head|et|noun form}}

# {{noun form of|et|esi||ade|s}}

==Ingrian==
{{izh-dir-see|eelle|eel|eelt|ad=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{izh-p|A=e.ellä|S=e.el}}
* {{hmp|izh|eelle}}

===Postposition===
{{head|izh|postposition|+ genitive}}

# [[before]], [[in front of]] {{q|of location}}

===Noun===
{{head|izh|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|izh|esi||ade|sg}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=38}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|el}}

==Mopan Maya==

===Verb===
{{head|mop|verb}}

# to [[know]], to have knowledge of

===References===
* {{R:mop:Hofling}}