ceil
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Latin cēlō (“to hide”).
Verb
ceil (third-person singular simple present ceils, present participle ceiling, simple past and past participle ceiled)
- (transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
- (mathematics) To set a higher bound.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French ciel (“heavens”), from Latin caelum.
Noun
ceil (plural ceils)
Translations
ceiling — see ceiling
Etymology 3
Noun
ceil
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
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From Old Irish ceilid, from Proto-Celtic *keleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-; compare Welsh celu, Latin cēlō, Old English helan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ceil (present analytic ceileann, future analytic ceilfidh, verbal noun ceilt, past participle ceilte)
Conjugation
conjugation of ceil (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceil | cheil | gceil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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