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-, *gū- (“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”). Distant doublet of keel, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

Noun

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

Anagrams

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

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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

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Kumak

Etymology

From French clé.

Noun

kile

1. key

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil.

Noun

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

1. a wedge or chock

Etymology 2

From the noun (sense 1); and Old Norse kitla (sense 2)

Verb

kile (imperative kil, present tense kiler, passive kiles, simple past kilte, past participle kilt, present tense kilende)

1. to wedge (something)
2. to tickle (transitive / intransitive)

References

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.lɛ/

Noun

kile f

1. inflection of kiła:
   1. dative singular
   2. locative singular

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilɛ/

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

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Swahili

Adjective

kile

1. Ki class inflected form of -le.

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Tatar

Noun

kile

1. mortar