dill

See also: díll and Dill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪɫ/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

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Dill, Antheum graveolens, an herb.

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.

Noun

dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)

1. 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.
2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring

   Synonym: dill pickle

3. (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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

terms derived from dill (noun)

• dillseed
• dillwater
• dillweed
• dilly
• fragrant dill
• garden dill
• kosher dill
• pharmacy dill

 

Translations

herb of the species Anethum graveolens

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

  Egyptian Arabic: شبت m (šabat)

• Armenian: սամիթ (hy) (samitʻ)
• Azerbaijani: şüyüd (az)
• Belarusian: кроп m (krop)
• Bulgarian: ко́пър (bg) m (kópǎr)
• Burmese: စမြိတ် (my) (ca.mrit)
• Catalan: anet m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蒔蘿／莳萝 (si⁴ lo⁴), 莳萝 (si⁴ lo⁴)

  Mandarin: 蒔蘿／莳萝 (zh) (shíluó), 莳萝 (zh) (shíluó)

• Crimean Tatar: taraqot
• Czech: kopr (cs) m
• Danish: dild (da) c
• Dutch: dille (nl) m
• Esperanto: aneto (eo)
• Estonian: till (et)
• Faroese: dild f
• Finnish: tilli (fi)
• French: aneth (fr) m
• 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: 姫茴香 (ひめういきょう, hime-uikyō), ディル (diru)
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• Korean: 딜 (ko) (dil)
• Lao: ຜັກຊີ (phak sī)
• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dill m

  Nynorsk: dill m

• Old English: dile m
• Persian: شوید (fa) (ševid)
• Plautdietsch: Dell m
• Polish: koper (pl) m (genus Anethum), koperek (pl) m (diminutive), koper ogrodowy m(species Anethum graveolens)
• Portuguese: endro (pt) m, aneto m
• Romanian: mărar (ro) m
• Romansch: dil m, anet m
• Russian: укро́п (ru) m (ukróp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏пар m

  Roman: kȍpar (sh) m

• 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
• Tagalog: eneldo
• Thai: ผักชีลาว (pàk-chee-laao)
• Turkish: dereotu (tr)
• Ukrainian: кріп (uk) m (krip), окрі́п (uk) m (okríp)
• Vietnamese: thìa là (vi), thì là
• Welsh: llysiau'r gwewyr f pl, gwewyrllys m
• Yiddish: קאָפּער (koper)

dill pickle, cucumber pickled with dill

• Finnish: maustekurkku (fi)
• German: Dillgurke f, saure Gurke f
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• 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.

Further reading

• chapter DILL, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• chapter 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

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪlː/
• Rhymes: -ɪlː

Noun

dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)

1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Declension

declension of dill

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dill	dillið
accusative	dill	dillið
dative	dilli	dillinu
genitive	dills	dillsins

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Swedish

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Noun

dill c (uncountable)

1. the herb dill

Declension

Declension of dill
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dill	dillen	—	—
Genitive	dills	dillens	—	—

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from .

Particle

1. Used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to.

Preposition

1. to (indicating destination)

Adverb

1. another, one more