sile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”).

Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian søyle (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”).

Alternative forms

• syle, cyle (Scotland)

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
4. (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) +‎ -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).

Verb

sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
5. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
6. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.
   • 1888, John Hartley, Clock Almanack, page 14, quoted in the EDD:

     Th' rain had siled daan day and neet.

   • 1916, Country Life, page 407:

     and so when there come on a long rain it fairly "siled" down a steady beautiful rain, so different from that of a thunder-rain, the latter fairly teeming down just as the milk was teemed from the pails into the sile. Teeming and siling , though much akin, were two very different operations.

   • 1922, James Alpass Penny, More Folklore Round Horncastle, page 19:

     ... ya know what a wet un last year was, and how the rain siled down for days and days.

   • 2007 April 3, Kevin Rushby, Hunting Pirate Heaven: In Search of Lost Pirate Utopias, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:

     As the rain siled down outside, we discussed David Beckham, Ronaldo and Zidane – France's victory in the 1998 World Cup was fresh in their minds.

   • 2011 December 7, Paul Wordsworth, The Logic Bomb, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN:

     ... unaware of the pouring freezing rain which siled down and saturated him and which ran down his lank hair and over his cold face. The gun dropped limply from his hand onto the soggy grass, where it hissed as steam rose from the hot muzzle. He stood outside in the dark […]

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. A sieve.
2. A strainer or colander for liquids
3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. A young herring.

Derived terms

• sillock

Anagrams

• isle, Iles, Lise, leis, %iles, Elis, lies, slie, iles, Isle, ELIs, Leis

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siledä.

Adjective

sile (genitive sileda, partitive siledat, comparative siledam, superlative kõige siledam)

1. smooth

Declension

Declension of sile (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sile	siledad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sileda
genitive			siledate
partitive		siledat	siledaid
illative		siledasse	siledatesse siledaisse
inessive		siledas	siledates siledais
elative		siledast	siledatest siledaist
allative		siledale	siledatele siledaile
adessive		siledal	siledatel siledail
ablative		siledalt	siledatelt siledailt
translative		siledaks	siledateks siledaiks
terminative		siledani	siledateni
essive		siledana	siledatena
abessive		siledata	siledateta
comitative		siledaga	siledatega

Further reading

• “sile”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “sile”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “sile”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• sile in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from Swedish gelé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsileˣ/, [ˈs̠ile̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ile
• Syllabification^(key): si‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧le

Noun

sile (dialectal)

1. (Southwest Finnish) meat jelly

Declension

Inflection of sile (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		sile	sileet
genitive		sileen	sileiden sileitten
partitive		silettä	sileitä
illative		sileeseen	sileisiin sileihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sile	sileet
accusative	nom.	sile	sileet
	gen.	sileen
genitive		sileen	sileiden sileitten
partitive		silettä	sileitä
inessive		sileessä	sileissä
elative		sileestä	sileistä
illative		sileeseen	sileisiin sileihin
adessive		sileellä	sileillä
ablative		sileeltä	sileiltä
allative		sileelle	sileille
essive		sileenä	sileinä
translative		sileeksi	sileiksi
abessive		sileettä	sileittä
instructive		—	silein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sile (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sileeni sileeni accusative nom. sileeni sileeni gen. sileeni genitive sileeni sileideni sileitteni partitive silettäni sileitäni inessive sileessäni sileissäni elative sileestäni sileistäni illative sileeseeni sileisiini sileihini adessive sileelläni sileilläni ablative sileeltäni sileiltäni allative sileelleni sileilleni essive sileenäni sileinäni translative sileekseni sileikseni abessive sileettäni sileittäni instructive — — comitative — sileineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sileesi sileesi accusative nom. sileesi sileesi gen. sileesi genitive sileesi sileidesi sileittesi partitive silettäsi sileitäsi inessive sileessäsi sileissäsi elative sileestäsi sileistäsi illative sileeseesi sileisiisi sileihisi adessive sileelläsi sileilläsi ablative sileeltäsi sileiltäsi allative sileellesi sileillesi essive sileenäsi sileinäsi translative sileeksesi sileiksesi abessive sileettäsi sileittäsi instructive — — comitative — sileinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sileemme sileemme accusative nom. sileemme sileemme gen. sileemme genitive sileemme sileidemme sileittemme partitive silettämme sileitämme inessive sileessämme sileissämme elative sileestämme sileistämme illative sileeseemme sileisiimme sileihimme adessive sileellämme sileillämme ablative sileeltämme sileiltämme allative sileellemme sileillemme essive sileenämme sileinämme translative sileeksemme sileiksemme abessive sileettämme sileittämme instructive — — comitative — sileinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sileenne sileenne accusative nom. sileenne sileenne gen. sileenne genitive sileenne sileidenne sileittenne partitive silettänne sileitänne inessive sileessänne sileissänne elative sileestänne sileistänne illative sileeseenne sileisiinne sileihinne adessive sileellänne sileillänne ablative sileeltänne sileiltänne allative sileellenne sileillenne essive sileenänne sileinänne translative sileeksenne sileiksenne abessive sileettänne sileittänne instructive — — comitative — sileinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sileensä sileensä accusative nom. sileensä sileensä gen. sileensä genitive sileensä sileidensä sileittensä partitive silettään silettänsä sileitään sileitänsä inessive sileessään sileessänsä sileissään sileissänsä elative sileestään sileestänsä sileistään sileistänsä illative sileeseensä sileisiinsä sileihinsä adessive sileellään sileellänsä sileillään sileillänsä ablative sileeltään sileeltänsä sileiltään sileiltänsä allative sileelleen sileellensä sileilleen sileillensä essive sileenään sileenänsä sileinään sileinänsä translative sileekseen sileeksensä sileikseen sileiksensä abessive sileettään sileettänsä sileittään sileittänsä instructive — — comitative — sileineen sileinensä

Synonyms

• aladobi

Anagrams

• Elsi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil/

Verb

sile

1. inflection of siler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• élis, îles, isle, lies, liés, Lise, lise

Irish

Verb

sile

1. analytic present subjunctive of sil

Noun

sile

1. genitive singular of sil

Mutation

Mutated forms of sile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sile	shile after an, tsile	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Latin

Verb

silē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sileō

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sile f

1. dative/locative singular of siła

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sile (Cyrillic spelling силе)

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

Verb

sile (Cyrillic spelling силе)

1. third-person plural present of siliti

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a colloquial variant of sili due to /e/-/i/ allophony, or from Mexican Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsile/ [ˈsiː.lɛ]
• Rhymes: -ile
• Syllabification: si‧le

Noun

sile (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of sili