zil
See also: Zil
English
Noun
zil (plural zils)
- Alternative form of zill (kind of cymbal)
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Anagrams
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French îles. See zil#Haitian Creole for more.
Noun
zil
Synonyms
- (Saint Lucia) lilèt
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French îles (“islands”). In French, the plural form îles is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, îles was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.
Noun
zil
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, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.
Noun
zil
Derived terms
- zilwa (islander)
Romagnol
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
zil m
- 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;
- November 2012, Augusto Ancarani, Bon Nadel in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
zil (definite accusative zili, plural ziller)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2014-10-24) “zil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2016-12-20
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