dill

See also díll, and Dill

English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪɫ/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

dill (countable and uncountable; plural dills)

1. Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus Anethum), is a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
3. (informal) a fool.

Synonyms

• (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
• (type of pickle): dill pickle

Derived terms

terms derived from dill (noun)

dillseed dillweed garden dill

fragrant dill kosher dill pharmacy dill

Translations

herb of the species Anethum graveolens

• Albanian: kopër m
• Arabic: شبث (ar) (šibiθθ) m, شبت (ar) (šibitt) m
• Bulgarian: копър (bg) (kopǎr) m
• Catalan: anet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒔蘿 (cmn), 莳萝 (cmn) (shìluó)

• Czech: kopr (cs) m
• Dutch: dille (nl) m
• Esperanto: aneto (eo)
• Estonian: till (et)
• Finnish: tilli (fi)
• French: aneth (fr) m
• Georgian: კამა (ka) (kama)
• German: Dill (de) m
• Greek: άνηθος (el) (ánithos) m
• Hebrew: שָׁמִיר (he) (shamír) m, שֶׁבֶת רֵיחָנִי (he) (shévet rekhaní) m

• Hungarian: kapor (hu)
• Ido: aneto (io)
• Italian: aneto (it) m
• Japanese: 姫茴香 (ja) (ひめういきょう, hime-uikyō), ディル (ja) (diru)
• Macedonian: копар (mk) (kópar) m, копрец (mk) (kóprec) m, мирудија (mk) (mirúdija) f, миродија (mk) (miródija) f
• Persian: شوید (fa) (shevid)
• Polish: koper (pl) m (genus Anethum), koperek (pl) m (diminutive), koper ogrodowy (pl) m(species Anethum graveolens)
• Portuguese: endro (pt) m, aneto (pt) m
• Romanian: mărar (ro) m
• Russian: укроп (ru) (ukróp) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kopar (sh) m
• Slovak: kopor (sk) m
• Slovene: koper (sl) m
• Spanish: eneldo (es) m
• Swedish: dill (sv) c

dill pickle, cucumber pickled with dill

• Finnish: maustekurkku (fi)
• German: Dillgurke (de) f, saure Gurke (de) f

• Macedonian: кисела краставица (mk) (kisela krastavica) f, корнишон (mk) (kornišon) m

fool — see fool

See also

• Dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Anethum graveolens
• Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Anethum graveolens
• cornichon
• cucumber
• gherkin
• graveolens
• pickled cucumber
• pickle

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
2. To lull to sleep.

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Swedish

Noun

dill c (uncountable)

1. the herb dill

Declension

Declension of dill

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	dill	dillen
genitive	dills	dillens