sill

English

Sill labeled with 1 (note: lintel = 2)

Etymology

From Middle English sille, from Old English syll, threshold. Cognate with German Schwelle ( > Danish svelle), Old Norse svill and syll ( > Danish syld, Norwegian syll).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭl, IPA: /sɪl/, SAMPA: /sIl/,
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

sill (plural sills)

1. (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

   She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill.

2. A horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame.
3. A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.

Usage notes

Usually spelled cill when used in the context of canal or river engineering.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Translations

base of a window

Catalan: ampit m. Dutch: vensterbank (nl) f. Finnish: ikkunalauta French: rebord (fr) m. Hungarian: párkány (hu) Italian: davanzale (it) m. Latvian: palodze (lv)

Norwegian: vinduskarm (no) m. Polish: parapet (pl) m. Portuguese: parapeito (pt) m. Russian: подоконник (ru) (podokónnik) m. Spanish: alféizar (es) m., antepecho (es) m., parapeto (es) m. Swahili: bado (sw)

horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame

Catalan: llindar Finnish: palkki (fi)

French: linteau (fr) m. Portuguese: lintel (pt) m. Swahili: bado (sw)

layer of igneous rock

Latin: sillus (la) m.

Polish: sill (pl) m.

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Spanish: antepecho de ventana m. (1), umbral m. Turkish: pencere saçaĝı [-nı] Italian: davanzale m.

Related terms

• lintel

Anagrams

• ills

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɪl/

Noun

sill c.

1. a herring

Declension

Declension of sill

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sill	sillen	sillar	sillarna
genitive	sills	sillens	sillars	sillarnas

Usage notes

• Herring from the Atlantic on Sweden's west coast is called sill. The subspecies fished from the Baltic Sea on Sweden's east coast is called strömming.

See also

• strömming