pensil

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English

Noun

pensil (plural pensils)

  1. Obsolete form of pencil.
  2. Obsolete form of pencel.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil or Dutch penseel, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pènsil (plural pensil-pensil, first-person possessive pensilku, second-person possessive pensilmu, third-person possessive pensilnya)

  1. pencil
    Synonym: potlot

Derived terms

Further reading

Maia

Etymology

From English pencil or Tok Pisin pensil.

Noun

pensil

  1. pencil

Malay

Noun

pensil

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pensel.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penˈsil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pen‧sil

Adjective

pensil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pensiles)

  1. hanging

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiles)

  1. (literary) pleasant garden

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pencil.

Noun

pensil

  1. pencil

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiliau or pensilau or pensilion)

  1. pencil

Mutation

Mutated forms of pensil
radical soft nasal aspirate
pensil bensil mhensil phensil

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pensil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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