til

See also: TIL, 'til, and тіл

English

Etymology

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”). Compare to Old Frisian til

Alternative forms

• 'til

Conjunction

til

1. (nonstandard) until, till

   c1390, Geoffry Chaucer, “The Canterbury Tales”: 

   He slepeth...Al nyght til the sonne gan aryse.

   2010 May, James Parker, “Revenge of the Wimps”, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 305, number 4, page 38: 

   EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY TIL THEY LET ME OUT OF HERE

Preposition

til

1. (nonstandard) until, till

   1425, Wycliffe, “Ezekial 1:27”, in Wycliffe Bible:

   Fro þe leendis of hym & aboue, & fro þe leendis of him til beneþe I saᵹ þe licnesse of fier.

   2004 Nov, “The Role of Close Friends in African American Adolescents' Dating and Sexual Behavior”, Journal of Sex Research, volume 41, number 4, page 351-362: 

   I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up...

   2008 Winter, Michael Copperman, “Gone”, Arkansas Review, volume 39, number 3, Arkansas State University, page 139-145: 

   Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again.

2. (archaic) ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until

   1425, Wycliffe, “Ezekial 40:15”, in Wycliffe Bible:

   He maad frountis by sixti cubitis ... and bifore the face of the ᵹate that lastid til to the face of the porche of the ynner ᵹate, fifti cubitis.

Anagrams

• lit, lit.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dɨl.

Noun

til

1. tongue
2. language

Declension

Declension of til

nominative	til
genitive	tilniñ
dative	tilge
accusative	tilni
locative	tilde
ablative	tilden

References

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Adverb

til

1. more
2. additional
3. another
4. towards

Conjunction

til

1. untill
2. till

Preposition

til

1. to (clarification of this Danish definition is being sought)
2. for (towards)
3. at (clarification of this Danish definition is being sought)
4. by (clarification of this Danish definition is being sought)
5. with (clarification of this Danish definition is being sought)
6. as (clarification of this Danish definition is being sought)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

til

1. first-person singular present indicative of tillen
2. imperative of tillen

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Dutch Low Saxon

Noun

til

1. bridge

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Preposition

til

1. (with accusative or with genitive) to, towards

Conjunction

til

1. until

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Gothic

Romanization

til

1. Romanization of 𐍄𐌹𐌻

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪ(ː)l/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl

Preposition

til

1. (with genitive) to, towards

   Ég fer til Japans.

   I'm going to Japan.

   Ég er með bréf til þín.

   I have a letter [addressed] to you.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• allir vegir liggja til Rómar (“all roads lead to Rome”)

• beina máli til

• beina skrifum til

• koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur (“to be one's true self”)

• taka til (“to clean, to tidy up”)

• til baka (“back”)

• til dæmis, til að mynda (“for example, exempli gratia”)

• til hamingju (“congratulations”)

• til hamingju með daginn (“congratulations (on the day)”)

• til vinstri (“to the left”)

• til vopna! (“to arms!”)

• segja til (“to give instructions”)

• segja til syndanna (“to lecture, to give a good talking to, to give somebody a thorough talking-to”)

• óska til hamingju (“to congratulate”)

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Ido

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English till.

Preposition

til

1. until, till (in time)
2. to, up to, as far as (in space)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• til rivido! (“goodbye!”, literally “until the re-seeing!”)

Etymology 2

Short for til rivido! (“goodbye!”)

Interjection

til!

1. bye!

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Kurdish

til

Noun

til f

1. finger (extremity of the hand)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at finger. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see til in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Rafsi

til

1. rafsi of tcila.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Preposition

til

1. to

   fra ... til ... - from ... to ...

References

• “til” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪl/ (example of pronunciation)

Preposition

til

1. to (indicating destination)

   Dei er på veg til fylkesgrensa.

   They are on their way to the county border.

2. to (indicating purpose)

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪl/

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *tila-, whence also Old Frisian til, Old High German zil (German Ziel), Old Norse tilr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til).

Adjective

til

1. good (morally good; competent; useful, etc.)

   Til sceal mid tilum.

   The good shall be with the good.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Norse til tho the OED has it as "Germanic" and related to Old Norse and to Old Frisian til

Preposition

til

1. to, until, unto

   Ðá cueð til him ðe Hǽlend

   Then quoth unto them the Savior.

Noun

til n (nominative plural tilas)

1. use, service, convenience

   Gewritu secgaþ ðæt seó wiht sý mid moncynne miclum ticlum sweotol and gesýne, sundorcræft hafaþ.

   Writings say that those beings were to mankind of great service; they clearly and obviously had special powers.

2. goodness, kindness

   Me on ðínum tile gelǽr ðæt ic teala cunne ðín sóðfæst weorc healdan.

   Thy goodness teaches me that I should maintain your righteous work.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *til (“to, towards”). Cognate with Old English til, Old Frisian til.

Preposition

til

1. (with genitive) to, towards

Descendants

• Danish: til
• Faroese: til
• Icelandic: til

• Norwegian: til
• Swedish: till

References

• “til” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Provençal tille, from Latin titulus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiw/
  • Homophone: tio

Noun

til m (plural tis or tiles)

1. tilde, a diacritic (˜). Used in Portuguese to indicate a nasal vowel.
2. trifle (something of little importance or worth)

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dɨl.

Noun

til (plural tillar)

1. tongue
2. language