kile

See also: Kile, kilé, kilè, kilë, and kiłę

English

Etymology

From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

Noun

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

Anagrams

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kile ?

1. associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge

Further reading

• https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2023/08/17/ceilidh-companions/

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlɛ]

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

Noun

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

1. wedge
2. gusset

Inflection

Declension of kile

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kile	kilen	kiler	kilerne
genitive	kiles	kilens	kilers	kilernes

Verb

kile (imperative kil, infinitive at kile, present tense kiler, past tense kilede, perfect tense har kilet)

1. wedge

Further reading

• “kile” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkile/, [ˈkile̞]
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: ki‧le

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kile (genitive kile, partitive kilet)

1. film, skin

   Synonym: kelme

   Keedetud piimale hakkas tekkima kile.

   A film began to form on the boiled milk.

2. (anatomy) membrane (enclosing or separating tissue)

   Synonym: membraan

   kõrvakile ― eardrum

3. plastic film, plastic wrap

   kilekott ― plastic bag

   Toiduained pakiti kilest kotti.

   The foodstuff was packed into a bag made of plastic film.

Declension

Declension of kile (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kile	kiled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kile
genitive			kilede
partitive		kilet	kilesid
illative		kille kilesse	kiledesse
inessive		kiles	kiledes
elative		kilest	kiledest
allative		kilele	kiledele
adessive		kilel	kiledel
ablative		kilelt	kiledelt
translative		kileks	kiledeks
terminative		kileni	kiledeni
essive		kilena	kiledena
abessive		kileta	kiledeta
comitative		kilega	kiledega

Derived terms

adjectives

• kilejas

verbs

• kiletama

Compounds

• aurutõkkekile
• biokile
• irdkile
• kaitsekile
• kleepkile
• koopiakile
• kuulmekile
• mullikile
• mullkile
• naftakile
• nutikile
• pakkekile
• pilkkile
• plastikaatkile
• plastkile
• plastmasskile
• polüesterkile
• polüeteenkile
• polüetüleenkile
• polümeerkile
• silokile
• termokile
• toidukile
• torukile
• trummikile
• tsellofaankile
• turvakile
• uimekile
• veekile
• vihmakile
• õlikile
• ümbriskile

• kileehitis
• kilehall
• kilehoone
• kilejope
• kilejopp
• kilekasvuhoone
• kilekate
• kilekeep
• kilekott
• kilekõõlus
• kilelabürint
• kilepakend
• kilepiim
• kilepool
• kilepüksid
• kilesaun
• kilesuss
• kilesussid
• kiletasku
• kiletiivaline
• kiletunnel
• kileviiner
• kilevildikas
• kileümbris

Etymology 2

kilama +‎ -e

Adjective

kile (genitive kileda, partitive kiledat, comparative kiledam, superlative kõige kiledam)

1. shrill (high-pitched and piercing)

   Synonyms: kriiskav, kilav, kime, kõrvulukustav

Declension

Declension of kile (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kile	kiledad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kileda
genitive			kiledate
partitive		kiledat	kiledaid
illative		kiledasse	kiledatesse kiledaisse
inessive		kiledas	kiledates kiledais
elative		kiledast	kiledatest kiledaist
allative		kiledale	kiledatele kiledaile
adessive		kiledal	kiledatel kiledail
ablative		kiledalt	kiledatelt kiledailt
translative		kiledaks	kiledateks kiledaiks
terminative		kiledani	kiledateni
essive		kiledana	kiledatena
abessive		kiledata	kiledateta
comitative		kiledaga	kiledatega

Derived terms

nouns

• kiledus

adverbs

• kiledalt
• kiledasti

Etymology 3

Possibly a semantic shift from kile (etymology 2), from "shrill" to "pungent, sour".

Noun

kile (genitive kile, partitive kilet)

1. oat kisel (a sour porridge-like food made from oatmeal)

   Synonyms: kaerakile, kiisel, kaerakiisel

Declension

Declension of kile (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kile	kiled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kile
genitive			kilede
partitive		kilet	kilesid
illative		kille kilesse	kiledesse
inessive		kiles	kiledes
elative		kilest	kiledest
allative		kilele	kiledele
adessive		kilel	kiledel
ablative		kilelt	kiledelt
translative		kileks	kiledeks
terminative		kileni	kiledeni
essive		kilena	kiledena
abessive		kileta	kiledeta
comitative		kilega	kiledega

Compounds

• kaerakile

References

• kile in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kile”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kile”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• quile (Súlat Bacúlud)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray.

Noun

kilé

1. eyebrow

Kumak

Etymology

Borrowed from French clé.

Noun

kile

1. key

References

• Moyse-Faurie, Claire (January 2008), “Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages”, in Stolz, Thomas, Bakker, Dik, Palomo, Rosa Salas, editors, Aspects of Language Contact, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 325–48

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)

1. a wedge, chock, gusset

Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

1. (transitive) to wedge

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

Alternative forms

• kisle, kitle

Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

1. (ambitransitive) to tickle

References

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kil.

Noun

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)

1. a wedge or chock

References

• “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ilɛ
• Syllabification: ki‧le

Noun

kile f

1. dative/locative singular of kiła

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kile (Cyrillic spelling киле)

1. inflection of kila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilɛ/

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

Slovene

Noun

kile

1. inflection of kila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

kile

1. ki class_(VII) inflected form of -le

Tatar

Noun

kile

1. mortar