dill

See also: díll and Dill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

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Dill, Antheum graveolens, an herb.

Etymology 1

From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.

Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.

Noun

dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)

2. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:

     The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]

3. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.

   Synonym: dill pickle

Synonyms

• (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
• (type of pickle): dill pickle

Derived terms

terms derived from dill (noun)

• dillseed
• dillwater
• dill water
• dillweed (Anethum graveolens)
• dilly
• fragrant dill
• garden dill (Anethum graveolens)
• kosher dill
• pharmacy dill

 

Translations

herb of the species Anethum graveolens

• Afrikaans: dille
• Albanian: kopër (sq) m
• Arabic: شِبِثّ m (šibiṯṯ), شِبِتّ m (šibitt)

  Egyptian Arabic: شبت m (šabat)

  Hijazi Arabic: شبت m (šibt, šibit)

• Armenian: սամիթ (hy) (samitʻ)

  Old Armenian: սամիթ (samitʻ)

• Azerbaijani: şüyüd (az)
• Belarusian: кроп m (krop)
• Bengali: শুল্​ফা (bn) (śul​pha)
• Bhojpuri: सोवा (sōvā)
• Bulgarian: ко́пър (bg) m (kópǎr)
• Burmese: စမြိတ် (my) (ca.mrit)
• Catalan: anet m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蒔蘿／莳萝 (si⁴ lo⁴)

  Mandarin: 蒔蘿／莳萝 (zh) (shíluó)

• Crimean Tatar: taraqot
• Czech: kopr (cs) m
• Danish: dild (da) c
• Dutch: dille (nl) m
• Egyptian: (jmst f)
• Esperanto: aneto (eo)
• Estonian: till (et)
• Faroese: dild f
• Finnish: tilli (fi)
• French: aneth (fr) m, aneth odorant m (species Anethum graveolens)
• Galician: aneto (gl) m
• Georgian: კამა (ḳama)
• German: Dill (de) m
• Greek: άνηθος (el) m (ánithos)

  Ancient: ἄνηθον n (ánēthon)

• Greenlandic: dildi
• Hebrew: שָׁמִיר (he) m (shamír), שֶׁבֶת רֵיחָנִי (he) m (shévet rekhaní)
• Hindi: सोआ (hi) (soā)
• Hungarian: kapor (hu)
• Ido: aneto (io)
• Indonesian: dil (id), adas sowa
• Irish: lus mín m
• Italian: aneto (it) m
• Japanese: 蒔蘿 (イノンド, inondo), ディル (ja) (diru)
• Kannada: ಸಬ್ಬಸಿಗೆ (kn) (sabbasige)
• Kazakh: аскөк (askök)
• Korean: 딜 (ko) (dil)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شویت (şiwît)

  Northern Kurdish: heliz (ku) f

• Ladino: dereotu, anito
• Lao: ຜັກຊີ (phak sī)
• Latin: anēthum n
• Latvian: dilles m
• Lithuanian: krapas m
• Luxembourgish: Dëll m
• Macedonian: ко́пар m (kópar), ко́прец m (kóprec), миру́дија f (mirúdija), миро́дија f (miródija)
• Malay: adas (ms), adas cina, adas manis
• Maori: tiri
• Mingrelian: ძერა (ʒera), ცეროცო (ceroco)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dill m

  Nynorsk: dill m

• Old English: dile m
• Ottoman Turkish: دره اوتی (dere otu)
• Persian: شوید (fa) (ševid), شبت
• Plautdietsch: Dell m
• Polish: koper (pl) m (genus Anethum), koperek (pl) m (diminutive), koper ogrodowy m(species Anethum graveolens)
• Portuguese: endro (pt) m, aneto (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸੋਆ m (soā)
• Romanian: mărar (ro) m
• Romansch: dil m, anet m
• Russian: укро́п (ru) m (ukróp), укро́п паху́чий (ukróp paxúčij)
• Sanskrit: शतपुष्प (sa) m (śatapuṣpa), शतपुष्पा (sa) f (śatapuṣpā), शतपुष्पिका (sa) f (śatapuṣpikā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏пар m

  Roman: kȍpar (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ශතපුෂ්ප (śatapuṣpa)
• Slovak: kôpor m
• Slovene: koper (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dyla f, kopš m

  Upper Sorbian: koprik m

• Spanish: eneldo (es) m
• Swedish: dill (sv) c
• Tabasaran: шивит (šivit)
• Tagalog: eneldo
• Tamil: சதகுப்பி (ta) (catakuppi), சதகுப்பை (ta) (catakuppai)
• Tatar: шөет (şöet)
• Thai: ผักชีลาว (pàk-chee-laao)
• Turkish: dereotu (tr)
• Ukrainian: кріп (uk) m (krip), окрі́п (uk) m (okríp)
• Vietnamese: thìa là (vi), thì là (蒔蘿)
• Welsh: llysiau'r gwewyr f pl, gwewyrllys m
• Yiddish: קאָפּער (koper), קריפּ (krip), קראָפּ (krop)

dill pickle, cucumber pickled with dill

• Finnish: maustekurkku (fi)
• German: Dillgurke f, saure Gurke f
• Macedonian: кисела краставица f (kisela krastavica), корнишон m (kornišon)

fool — see fool

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To cook or flavor with dill.
   • 2014, Anatoly (Tony) Kandiew, Red Devils, →ISBN, page 139:

     My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.

See also

• cornichon
• cucumber
• gherkin
• graveolens
• pickled cucumber
• pickle

Etymology 2

Variant of dull

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
   • 1775, Robert Baillie, Letters and Journals: Written by the deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow, page 252:

     The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.

   • 1829, Publications - Issue 25, Volume 2, page x:

     The innocent was punished. The gear is payed and the thieves dilled down.

   • 1829, John Spalding, James Skene, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page vii:

     The Provincial Assembly sits down. Dr. Guild moderator. Dr. Scroggie preaches. His sermon found faulty. It dills down.

   • 1890, Thomas Nield, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England: A Drama, page 23:

     And there is nought to call them back, while these Curmudgeon generals dill down in their fear.

   • 1938, Alexander Ross, Scot. Text S, page 195:

     That now the dinn o' it wad soon dill down, An' but a story at the last be found.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a backformation from dilly (“silly”).

Noun

dill (plural dills)

1. (Australia, informal) A fool.
   • 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel:

     He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself.

References

• “dill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dill”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪlː/
• Rhymes: -ɪlː

Noun

dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)

1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dill c (uncountable)

1. the herb dill

Declension

Declension of dill

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dill	dills
	definite	dillen	dillens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—