spille

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German spilen, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

spille (third-person singular present spillt, past participle jespillt or gespillt)

  1. (most dialects) to play

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German spelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn, cognate with German spielen (Swedish spela is also from Low German).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /spelə/, [ˈsb̥elə]

Verb

spille (past tense spillede, past participle spillet)

  1. to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
  2. to gamble, play a game
  3. (intransitive) to move quickly (e.g. with the muscles, the tongue)
  4. (intransitive) to flicker, sparkle

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

  1. (rare) music player (any device that can play music)

Inflection


Gothic

Romanization

spillē

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

Italian

Noun

spille f

  1. plural of spilla

Anagrams


Middle English

Etymology

From Old English spillan.

Verb

spille

  1. Alternative form of spillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spil.le/, [ˈspɪl.lə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen.

Alternative forms

Verb

spille (imperative spill, present tense spiller, passive spilles, simple past spilte, past participle spilt, present participle spillende)

  1. to play (a sport)
  2. to play (a musical instrument)
  3. spille inn (music etc.) to record (something)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

spille (inflections as above)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

spille (present tense spiller, past tense spilte, past participle spilt, passive infinitive spillast, present participle spillande, imperative spill)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References