gill

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English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

An Alpine newt larva showing the gills, which flare just behind the head.

Mushroom gills.

Etymology 1

From Middle English gile (“gill”), from Old Norse giolnar (“lips”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɪl/, X-SAMPA: /gIl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (animal anatomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
2. (of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

   Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.

3. (mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
4. (animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
5. (figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.

Synonyms

• (mycology): lamella

Derived terms

• to the gills

Translations

breathing organ of fish

• Albanian: verzë (sq) f
• Armenian: խռիկ (hy) (xṙik)
• Azeri: qəlsəmə (az)
• Belarusian: шчэлепы (be) (ščéljepy) pl, жабры (be) (žábry) pl
• Bulgarian: хриле (bg) (hríle) pl
• Catalan: brànquia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鰓 (cmn), 鳃 (cmn) (sāi)

• Czech: žábry (cs) pl
• Dutch: kieuw (nl) f
• Finnish: kidukset (fi) pl
• French: branchie (fr) f
• German: Kieme (de) f
• Hungarian: kopoltyú (hu)
• Icelandic: tálkn (is) n
• Indonesian: insang (id)
• Japanese: えら (ja) (era), 鰓 (ja) (えら, era), 腮 (ja) (えら, era), 顋 (ja) (えら, era)
• Jèrriais: dginne f

• Korean: 아가미 (ko) (agami)
• Latin: brachia (la) f
• Macedonian: жабра (mk) (žábra) f, шкрга (mk) (šk'rga) f
• Norwegian: gjelle (no) m
• Polish: skrzele (pl) n
• Portuguese: brânquia (pt) f, guelra (pt) f
• Romanian: branhie (ro)
• Russian: жабры (ru) (žábry) f pl
• Scottish Gaelic: giùran (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шкр̏га (sh) f

  Roman: škȓgā (sh) f

• Slovak: žiabre (sk) pl
• Slovene: škrge (sl) pl
• Spanish: agalla (es) f, branquia (es) f
• Swedish: gäl (sv) c
• Turkish: solungaç (tr)
• Ukrainian: зябра (uk) (zjábra) pl, жабри (uk) (žábry) pl
• Volapük: ciel (vo)

gill cover; gill slit

• Finnish: kiduskansi (fi) (cover), kidusrako (fi) (slit)

mushroom organ

• Finnish: heltta (fi)
• French: lamelle (fr) f
• German: Lamelle (de) f
• Polish: blaszka (pl) f

• Russian: гимениальная пластинка (ru) (gim'eniál'naja plastínka) f
• Spanish: laminilla (es) f
• Swedish: lamell (sv) c
• Turkish: lamel (tr)

fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl — see wattle

flesh under or about the chin — see wattle

See also

• lung

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Old French gille (“a wine measure”), from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Homophone: Jill

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. A drink measure for spirits and wine. Size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint.
2. (archaic, UK) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (UK) rivulet
2. (UK) ravine

Etymology 4

Etymology uncertain.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

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Irish

Noun

gill m

1. genitive singular form of geall

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gill	ghill	ngill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gill m

1. Genitive of geall
2. Plural of geall