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 Definitions of spaniel  [ˈspæn yəl]  

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Definition of 'spaniel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) spaniel
any of several breeds of small or medium-sized sporting dogs usu. having long, drooping ears and a long, silky coat with feathering on the legs and tail.

2.  spaniel
a submissive, fawning, or cringing person.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME spaynel < OF espaignol Spanish (dog), prob. directly < Sp español Spanish)

Definition of 'spaniel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) spaniel
any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears


Definition of 'spaniel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) spaniel
cringing; fawning

2. (noun) spaniel
one of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker

3. (noun) spaniel
a cringing, fawning person

4. (verb) spaniel
to fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious

5. (verb) spaniel
to follow like a spaniel


Translation of 'spaniel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a breed of dog with large ears which hang down.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: patryshond Arabic flag Arabic: جِنْس كِلاب ذات شَعْر طوي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шпаньол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: spaniel Czech flag Czech: španěl, kokršpaněl German flag German: der Spaniel
Danish flag Danish: spaniel Greek flag Greek: σπάνιελ (ράτσα σκύλου) Spanish flag Spanish: perro de aguas
Estonian flag Estonian: spanjel Farsi flag Farsi: سگ اسپانيول Finnish flag Finnish: spanieli
French flag French: épagneul Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְפָנִיֵאל Hindi flag Hindi: एक प्रकार का कुत्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: prepeličar, španijel Hungarian flag Hungarian: spániel Indonesian flag Indonesian: jenis anjing
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spanjóli Italian flag Italian: spaniel Japanese flag Japanese: スパニエル犬
Korean flag Korean: (개) 스패니얼 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: spanielis Latvian flag Latvian: spaniels
Malay flag Malay: spaniel Dutch flag Dutch: spaniël Norwegian flag Norwegian: spaniel
Polish flag Polish: spaniel Persian flag Persian: سگ اسپانيول Pashto flag Pashto: ساپانیوی سپی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: spaniel Romanian flag Romanian: prepelicar Russian flag Russian: спаниель
Slovak flag Slovak: španiel Slovenian flag Slovenian: španjel Serbian flag Serbian: španijel
Swedish flag Swedish: spaniel Thai flag Thai: สุนัขพันธุ์หนึ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: bir köpek cinsi, spanyel
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 長毛垂耳狗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спанієль Urdu flag Urdu: لمبے نرم بالوں اور لٹکتے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: giống chó xpanhơn Chinese flag Chinese: 长毛垂耳狗

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