kil

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)

  1. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
  2. cold-hearted, cold-blooded

Breton[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil ?

  1. back

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. genitive plural of kilo

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kiːl/, [kʰiːˀl]

Verb[edit]

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɪl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch kille, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz,[1] related to Middle Dutch killen (to be (ice) cold).

Related also to German Low German Köle, German kühl, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur, and English chill.

Adjective[edit]

kil (comparative killer, superlative kilst)

  1. cold-hearted, cold-blooded
  2. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of kil
uninflected kil
inflected kille
comparative killer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kil killer het kilst
het kilste
indefinite m./f. sing. kille killere kilste
n. sing. kil killer kilste
plural kille killere kilste
definite kille killere kilste
partitive kils killers
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: kil

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (to crack, split).[2]

Noun[edit]

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

  1. kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats
  2. creek, rivulet
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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “kil” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A clipping of kilo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil m (plural kils)

  1. (slang) Synonym of kilo
  2. (slang) liter of wine.

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Garo[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. cotton

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese aquele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kel.

Pronoun[edit]

kil

  1. this
  2. that

Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil (construct form kilin)

  1. skin

References[edit]

Mokilese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈkil/

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. skin

Inflection[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Old French[edit]

Contraction[edit]

kil

  1. Contraction of ke + il (that he, that it)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French kil, kilo.

Noun[edit]

kil n (plural kile)

  1. kilo

Declension[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. genitive dual/plural of kila

Southwestern Dinka[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil (plural kiɛl)

  1. rhinoceros

References[edit]

  • Dinka-English Dictionary[1], 2005

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (to split, crack open).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil c

  1. wedge
  2. (heraldry) pile

Declension[edit]

Declension of kil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kil kilen kilar kilarna
Genitive kils kilens kilars kilarnas

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tarao[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. elbow

References[edit]

  • Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian گل (gel).

Noun[edit]

kil (definite accusative kili, plural killer)

  1. clay

References[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Volapük cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : kil
    Ordinal : kilid
    Adverbial : kilna

Numeral[edit]

kil

  1. three

Derived terms[edit]

Wiradjuri[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. Alternative spelling of geel

Zou[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kil

  1. corner

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40