zil

See also: Zil

English

Noun

zil (plural zils)

1. Alternative form of zill (kind of cymbal)

See also

• Zil lane

Anagrams

• Liz

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Antillean Creole

Etymology

French îles. See zil#Haitian Creole for more.

Noun

zil

1. island

Synonyms

• (Saint Lucia) lilèt

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French îles (“islands”). In French, the plural word îles is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the front.

Noun

zil

1. island

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French îles. In French, the plural word îles is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, there was a misconception among Mauritians not well-acquainted with the French language that the singular word started with /z/.

Noun

zil

1. island

Derived terms

• zilwa (islander)

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Romagnol

FWOTD – 10 May 2013

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θil/

Noun

zil m

1. sky
   • November 2012, Augusto Ancarani, Bon Nadel in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:

     In zil u gn’ era l’ombra d’una stèla;

     In the sky there wasn’t even a shadow of a star;

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زیر‎ (zīr).

Noun

zil (definite accusative zili, plural ziller)

1. (door) bell
2. cymbal

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2014-10-24), “zil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2016-12-20