til

See also TIL, 'til, and тіл

English

Etymology

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”). Compare to Old Frisian til

Alternative forms

• 'til

Conjunction

til

1. (nonstandard) until, till

   c1390, Geoffry Chaucer, “The Canterbury Tales”: 

   He slepeth...Al nyght til the sonne gan aryse.

   2010 May, James Parker, “Revenge of the Wimps”, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 305, number 4, page 38: 

   EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY TIL THEY LET ME OUT OF HERE

Preposition

til

1. (nonstandard) until, till

   1425, Wycliffe, “Ezekial 1:27”, in Wycliffe Bible:

   Fro þe leendis of hym & aboue, & fro þe leendis of him til beneþe I saᵹ þe licnesse of fier.

   2004 Nov, “The Role of Close Friends in African American Adolescents' Dating and Sexual Behavior”, Journal of Sex Research, volume 41, number 4, page 351-362: 

   I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up...

   2008 Winter, Michael Copperman, “Gone”, Arkansas Review, volume 39, number 3, Arkansas State University, page 139-145: 

   Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again.

2. (archaic) ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until

   1425, Wycliffe, “Ezekial 40:15”, in Wycliffe Bible:

   He maad frountis by sixti cubitis ... and bifore the face of the ᵹate that lastid til to the face of the porche of the ynner ᵹate, fifti cubitis.

Anagrams

• lit, lit.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dɨl.

Noun

til

1. tongue
2. language

Declension

    declension of til

nominative	til
genitive	tilniñ
dative	tilge
accusative	tilni
locative	tilde
ablative	tilden

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Adverb

til

1. more
2. additional
3. another
4. towards

Conjunction

til

1. untill
2. till

Preposition

til

1. to
2. for (towards)
3. at
4. by
5. with
6. as

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

til

1. first-person singular present indicative of tillen
2. imperative of tillen

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Preposition

til (+ accusative / genitive)

1. to

Conjunction

til

1. until

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Gothic

Romanization

til

1. See 𐍄𐌹𐌻

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʰɪ(ː)l/

  Rhymes: -ɪːl

Preposition

til (+ genitive)

1. to, towards

   Ég fer til Japans.

   I'm going to Japan.

   Ég er með bréf til þín.

   I have a letter [addressed] to you.

Derived terms

• allir vegir liggja til Rómar
• beina máli til
• beina skrifum til
• koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur
• taka til
• til baka
• til dæmis
• til að mynda
• til hamingju
• til hamingju með daginn
• til vinstri
• til vopna!
• segja til
• segja til syndanna
• óska til hamingju

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Kurdish

til

Noun

til f

1. finger (extremity of the hand)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at finger. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see til in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Rafsi

til

1. rafsi of tcila.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɪl/, X-SAMPA: /tIl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Preposition

til

1. to

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Preposition

til

1. to

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɪl/

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *tila-, whence also Old Frisian til, Old High German zil (German Ziel), Old Norse tilr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til).

Adjective

til

1. good (morally good; competent; useful, etc)

   Til sceal mid tilum. — The good shall be with the good.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Norse til tho the OED has it as "Germanic" and related to Old Norse and to Old Frisian til

Preposition

til

1. to, until, unto

   Ðá cueð til him ðe Hǽlend — Then quoth unto them the Savior.

Noun

til n (nominative plural tilas)

1. use, service, convenience

   Gewritu secgaþ ðæt seó wiht sý mid moncynne miclum ticlum sweotol and gesýne, sundorcræft hafaþ. — Writings say that those beings were to mankind of great service; they clearly and obviously had special powers.

2. goodness, kindness

   Me on ðínum tile gelǽr ðæt ic teala cunne ðín sóðfæst weorc healdan. — Thy goodness teaches me that I should maintain your righteous work.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”).

Preposition

til (+ genitive)

1. to, towards

Descendants

• Danish: til
• Faroese: til
• Icelandic: til
• Norwegian: til
• Swedish: till

References

• “til” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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Portuguese

Noun

til m (plural tis)

1. til, a graphic signal ( ˜ ) used to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed is nasal. The vowel is sounded through the nose. For example: não (no), cão (dog), chão (floor), pão (bread), mão (hand), perdão (pardon), limão (lemon), irmão (brother), irmã (sister), pinhão (pine seed), algodão (cotton), corações (hearts), manhã (morning), Guimarães, Camões. From the Latin titulu (signal), via Castillian tilde.
2. tilde

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dɨl.

Noun

til (plural tillar)

1. tongue
2. language