kille

kille

1. not

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.lə/
• Hyphenation: kil‧le
• Rhymes: -ɪlə
• Homophone: Kille

Borrowed from Yiddish קהילה (kehile, “(Jewish) community”), from Hebrew קְהִלָּה (k'hillá, “congregation”).

kille f (plural killes, diminutive killetje n)

1. (Judaism) organized Jewish community

• kehille

• kehilla (from Hebrew)

kille f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

1. Alternative form of kil

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kille

1. inflection of killen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪlːə/

kille f

1. riverbed, channel

• Dutch: kil

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kille”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Attested since 1924.^[1] From dialectal kille (“goat kid, small boy”), originally diminutive to kid (“fawn, originally also goat kid”). See also killing (“goat kid”) which also is a dimunitive of kid.

• IPA^(key): /²kɪlɛ/

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kille c

1. (informal) a boy

   Synonyms: gosse, grabb, pojke, (dialectal) påg, (dialectal, slang) kis

   En liten kille kom in i affären för att köpa godis.

   A small boy came into the store to buy candy.

   killar och tjejer

   boys and girls

   pojkar och flickor

   boys and girls (but not informal, though the natural translation is the same)

2. (informal) a (younger) adult male person; a guy

   Synonym: (colloquial) snubbe

   Det gick precis förbi några unga killar i 30-årsåldern.

   Some young guys in their 30s just went by.

3. (informal) a boyfriend

   Synonym: pojkvän

   Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.

   My boyfriend and I are getting married soon.

Attested since 1834.^[2] From harlekin, from French Herlequin, Hellequin, from Old English Herla (from Proto-West Germanic *erl (“earl”)) cyning (from *kuning (“king”)).

• IPA^(key): /²kɪlɛ/, /²ɕɪlɛ/

kille c

1. A card game equivalent to gnav.

   Harlekin är det högsta kortet i kille.

   The Harlequin is the highest ranking card in gnav.

• kille in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kille in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)