dile

See also: díle and dille

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

dilè

1. (anatomy) tongue

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• dyle, dille, dylle

Etymology

Inherited from Old English dile, from Proto-Germanic *deliz (“sow thistle”), an indigenous herb of uncertain origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“sprout, bloom”) (Albanian dal, Old Irish duille) or from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdil(ə)/

Noun

dile (plural diles)

1. dill (Anethum graveolens) or its seed.

Descendants

• English: dill

References

• “dile (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
• Kluge, Friedrich, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24 durchgesehene, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2002.

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Spanish

Verb

dile

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir, di and the pronoun le.

   Dile la verdad. – Tell him the truth.

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈle/
• Hyphenation: di‧le

Noun

1. definite dative singular of dil

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Volapük

Noun

dile

1. dative singular of dil