kile
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkile (plural kiles)
Anagrams
editBreton
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkile ?
- associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge
Further reading
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkile
Danish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)
Inflection
editVerb
editkile (imperative kil, infinitive at kile, present tense kiler, past tense kilede, perfect tense har kilet)
Further reading
edit- “kile” in Den Danske Ordbog
Kapampangan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray
Noun
editkilé
Kumak
editEtymology
editNoun
editkile
References
edit- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008) →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
editkile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)
Verb
editkile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)
- (transitive) to wedge
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editkile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)
- (transitive, intransitive) to tickle
References
edit- “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German kil.
Noun
editkile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)
References
edit- “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkile f
Serbo-Croatian
editNoun
editkile (Cyrillic spelling киле)
- inflection of kila:
Slovak
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkile
Slovene
editNoun
editkile
- inflection of kila:
Swahili
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editkile
Tatar
editNoun
editkile
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/aɪl
- Rhymes:English/aɪl/1 syllable
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- Kumak terms borrowed from French
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Bokmål intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
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- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ
- Rhymes:Polish/ilɛ/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
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- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
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- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
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