kil

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)

  1. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
  2. cold-hearted, cold-blooded

Breton

Noun

kil ?

  1. back

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

kil

  1. genitive plural of kilo

Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kille, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, related to Middle Dutch killen (“to be (ice) cold”).

Related also to German Low German Köle, German kühl, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur, and English chill.

Adjective

kil (comparative killer, superlative kilst)

  1. cold-hearted, cold-blooded
  2. cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
Inflection
Inflection of kil
uninflected kil
inflected kille
comparative killer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kil killer het kilst
het kilste
indefinite m./f. sing. kille killere kilste
n. sing. kil killer kilste
plural kille killere kilste
definite kille killere kilste
partitive kils killers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kil

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).

Noun

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

  1. kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats
  2. creek, rivulet
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ “kil” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

French

Etymology

A clipping of kilo.

Pronunciation

Noun

kil m (plural kils)

  1. (slang) Synonym of kilo
  2. (slang) liter of wine.

References

Garo

Noun

kil

  1. cotton

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese aquele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kel.

Pronoun

kil

  1. this
  2. that

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Noun

kil (construct form kilin)

  1. skin

References

Mokilese

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkil/

Noun

kil

  1. skin

Inflection

Possessive forms of kil (tight inalienable possession, -i stem)
singular possessor first person kilihoa
second person kilimwen
third person kilin
dual possessors first person inclusive kilisa
first person exclusive kilima
second person kilimwa
third person kilira
plural possessors first person inclusive kilisai
first person exclusive kilimai
second person kilimwai
third person kilirai
remote plural possessors first person inclusive kilihs
first person exclusive kilimi
second person kilimwi
third person kilihr
construct form kilin

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kil

  1. imperative of kile

Old French

Contraction

kil

  1. Contraction of ke + il (that he, that it)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kil, kilo.

Noun

kil n (plural kile)

  1. kilo

Declension

Declension of kil
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) kil kilul (niște) kile kilele
genitive/dative (unui) kil kilului (unor) kile kilelor
vocative kilule kilelor

Slovene

Noun

kil

  1. genitive dual/plural of kila

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

kil (plural kiɛl)

  1. rhinoceros

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split, crack open”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kil c

  1. wedge
  2. (heraldry) pile

Declension

Declension of kil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kil kilen kilar kilarna
Genitive kils kilens kilars kilarnas

References

Anagrams

Tarao

Noun

kil

  1. elbow

References

  • Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian گل (gel).

Noun

kil (definite accusative kili, plural killer)

  1. clay

References

Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : kil
    Ordinal : kilid
    Adverbial : kilna

Numeral

kil

  1. three

Derived terms

Wiradjuri

Noun

kil

  1. Alternative spelling of geel

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

kil

  1. corner

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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