keel

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kiːl/, SAMPA: /ki:l/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

keel (plural keels)

1. a large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern
2. sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability
3. a type of flat-bottomed boat
4. something similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement

Derived terms

• keelhaul
• keel over

Translations

beam along the underside of a ship’s hull

Catalan: quilla (ca) f. Czech: kýl (cs) m. Dutch: kiel (nl) f. Finnish: köli (fi) French: quille (fr) f. German: Kiel (de) m. Italian: carena (it) f., chiglia (it) f. Japanese: 竜骨 (ja) (りゅうこつ, ryūkotsu) Latin: carina (la) Occitan: quilha (oc)

Old English: cēol (ang) Portuguese: quilha (pt) Russian: киль (ru) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кобилица (sh) f. Roman: kobilica (sh) f. Slovene: gredelj (sl) Spanish: quilla (es) f. Swedish: köl (sv) c. Turkish: omurga (tr), gemi omurgası (tr)

rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability

Catalan: quilla (ca) f. Dutch: kiel (nl) f. Estonian: kiil (et)

Italian: deriva (it) f. Norwegian: kjøl (no) Swedish: köl (sv)

a type of flat-bottomed boat

Japanese: キール (ja) (kīru), 艀 (ja) (はしけ, hashike)

chalk or crayon to mark pavement

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall

   He keeled over after having a stroke.

Derived terms

• keel over

Anagrams

• leek

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːl
• IPA: /keːl/

Etymology 1

Noun

keel f. (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje)

1. (anatomy) throat

Synonyms

• hals

Derived terms

• keelgat
• keelpijn

Etymology 2

Noun

keel n. (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red

Anagrams

• leek, leke

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Estonian

Noun

keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

1. language
2. tongue
3. string of musical instrument

Declension

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