kil

See also: Kil, kił, kíl, and kıl

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəl/

Adjective

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)

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

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Breton

Noun

kil ?

1. back

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪl]

Noun

kil

1. genitive plural of kilo

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːl/, [kʰiːˀl]

Verb

kil

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kile

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪl/

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• Hyphenation: kil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kille, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz.

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

Adjective

kil (comparative killer, superlative kilst)

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

Inflection

Declension 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

• kilheid
• kilte

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kil

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

1. kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats
2. creek, rivulet

Alternative forms

• kille

Descendants

• → English: kill

Anagrams

• lik

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French

Etymology

from kilo, itself from kilogramme

Noun

1. (slang) Kilo ; kilogramme.
2. (slang) liter of wine.

Garo

Noun

kil

1. cotton

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese aquele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kel.

Pronoun

kil

1. this
2. that

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kilʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kilʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kil}

Noun

kil (construct form kilin)

1. skin

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kil

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kile

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Old French

Contraction

kil

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kil, kilo.

Noun

kil n (plural kile)

1. kilo

Declension

Declension of kil

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) kil	kilul	(niște) kile	kilele
genitive/dative	(unui) kil	kilului	(unor) kile	kilelor
vocative	kilule		kilelor

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Slovene

Noun

kil

1. genitive dual/plural of kila

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

kil c

1. wedge
2. (heraldry) pile

Declension

Declension of kil

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kil	kils
	definite	kilen	kilens
plural	indefinite	kilar	kilars
	definite	kilarna	kilarnas

Anagrams

• -lik, lik

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Tarao

Noun

kil

1. elbow

References

• 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian گل (gel).

Noun

kil (definite accusative kili, plural killer)

1. clay

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kil     Ordinal : kilid     Adverbial : kilna

Numeral

kil

1. three

Derived terms

• kilüm

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Wiradhuri

Noun

kil

1. Alternative spelling of geel

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kil˧/

Noun

kil

1. corner

References

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