Meanings
veal1
plural veals · alternative obsolete veale · alternative obsolete veel
present singular third person veals · participle present vealing · participle past vealed · past vealed · alternative obsolete veale · alternative obsolete veel
- To raise a calf for meat production.
The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf.
1811, George B. Worgan, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cornwall, Great Britain: Board of Agriculture, page 1441 more example
It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body.
1852, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Desert Home
Veal2
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Origin
- Latinvitellus
- Anglo-Normanveel
- Middle Englishveel
- Englishveal
From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.
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Arabic لَحْم عِجْل
- لَحْم عِجْل (laḥm ʕijl)flesh of a calf
Basque txahalki
- txahalkiflesh of a calf
Bulgarian те́лешко месо́
- те́лешко месо́ (téleško mesó)flesh of a calf
Catalan vedella
- vedellaflesh of a calf
Chinese Cantonese 牛仔肉
- 牛仔肉 (ngau⁴ zai² juk⁶)flesh of a calf
Chinese Mandarin 小牛肉
- 小牛肉 (xiǎoniúròu)flesh of a calf
Czech telecí
- telecíflesh of a calf
Danish kalvekød
- kalvekødflesh of a calf
Dutch kalfsvlees
- kalfsvleesflesh of a calf
Esperanto bovidaĵo
- bovidaĵoflesh of a calf
Estonian vasikaliha
- vasikalihaflesh of a calf
Finnish vasikanliha, vasikka
- vasikanlihaflesh of a calf
- vasikkaflesh of a calf
French veau
- veauflesh of a calf
German Kalbfleisch
- Kalbfleischflesh of a calf
Greek μοσχάρι, μοσχαράκι
- μοσχάρι (moschári)flesh of a calf
- μοσχαράκι (moscharáki)flesh of a calf
Hebrew עֵגֶל
- עֵגֶלflesh of a calf
Hungarian borjúhús
- borjúhúsflesh of a calf
Icelandic kálfakjöt
- kálfakjötflesh of a calf
Indonesian daging sapi muda
- daging sapi mudaflesh of a calf
Irish laofheoil
- laofheoilflesh of a calf
Italian vitello
- vitelloflesh of a calf
Japanese 仔牛肉
- 仔牛肉 (koushiniku)flesh of a calf
Korean 송아지 고기
- 송아지 고기 (song'aji gogi)flesh of a calf
Latin vitulīna
- vitulīnaflesh of a calf
Latvian teļa gaļa
- teļa gaļaflesh of a calf
Lithuanian veršiena
- veršienaflesh of a calf
Norwegian Bokmål kalvekjøtt
- kalvekjøttflesh of a calf
Polish cielęcina
- cielęcinaflesh of a calf
Portuguese vitela
- vitelaflesh of a calf
Romanian carne de vițel, vițel
- carne de vițelflesh of a calf
- vițelflesh of a calf
Russian теля́тина
- теля́тина (teljátina)flesh of a calf
Scottish Gaelic feòil-laoigh
- feòil-laoighflesh of a calf
Spanish ternera
- terneraflesh of a calf
Swedish kalv, kalvkött
- kalvflesh of a calf
- kalvköttflesh of a calf
Tagalog karning-guya
- karning-guyaflesh of a calf
Turkish dana eti
- dana etiflesh of a calf
Ukrainian теля́тина
- теля́тина (teljátyna)flesh of a calf
Yiddish קאַלבנפֿלייש, קעלבערנס
- קאַלבנפֿלייש (kalbnfleysh)flesh of a calf
- קעלבערנס (kelberns)flesh of a calf
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Cite this entry
veal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veal
“veal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “veal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veal.
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