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English
tiles
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English tile , tyle , tigel , tiȝel , teȝele , from Old English tieġle , tiġle , tiġele ( “ tile; brick ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā , from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ ( “ tile ” ) , from Latin tēgula . Doublet of tegula .
Noun
tile (plural tiles )
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof -tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
( computing ) A rectangular graphic .
Each tile within the map consists of 256 × 256 pixels.
Sprites and tiles that are hidden in the prototype ROM file can be recovered.
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes , Scrabble , or mahjong .
( dated , informal ) A stiff hat .
1865 , Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions :Tile - Tile, a Hat.
1911 , Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song
Dressed in style, brand-new tile , And your father's old green tie on.
1912 , Arthur Conan Doyle , The Lost World , London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton , →OCLC :Thus, when old Doctor Meldrum, with his well-known curly-brimmed opera-hat, appeared upon the platform, there was such a universal query of "Where did you get that tile ?" that he hurriedly removed it, and concealed it furtively under his chair.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Bengali: টালি ( ṭali )
→ Japanese: タイル ( tairu )
→ Korean: 타일 ( tail )
→ Nepali: टाइल ( ṭāil )
→ Odia: ଟାଇଲ୍ ( ṭail )
→ Welsh: teils
Translations
sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces
Albanian: tjegull (sq) , pllakë (sq)
Arabic: قِرْمِيدَة f ( qirmīda ) , قِرْمِيد ( qirmīd ) ( collective ) ; بَلَاط m ( balāṭ )
Armenian: կղմինդր (hy) ( kġmindr ) , հախճասալ (hy) ( haxčasal )
Avar: щегӏ ( ššeʻ )
Azerbaijani: kaşı
Basque: lauza
Belarusian: ка́фля f ( káflja ) , плі́тка f ( plítka )
Bengali: টালি (bn) ( ṭali )
Bulgarian: пло́чка (bg) f ( plóčka )
Burmese: အုတ်ကြွပ် (my) ( utkrwap )
Catalan: teula (ca) f , rajola (ca) f
Chechen: гериг ( gerig )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瓦 (zh) ( wǎ ) , 磚瓦 / 砖瓦 (zh) ( zhuānwǎ )
Crimean Tatar: kiramet
Czech: dlaždice f ( floor tile ) , kachle f , obkladačka f ( wall tile ) , taška (cs) f ( roof tile )
Danish: tegl (da) c or n ( roof tile ) , klinke c ( floor tile ) , flise c ( wall tile )
Dhivehi: ތަށިމުށި ( taṣimuṣi ) , އީޓު ( īṭu )
Dutch: tegel (nl) m , vloertegel (nl) f , muurtegel m , pan (nl) f , dakpan (nl) f
Esperanto: kahelo , tegolo (eo) ( roof tile )
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: flís f ( floor tile ) , tigul m ( roof tile )
Finnish: laatta (fi) ( any ) ; kaakeli (fi) ( glazed )
French: carreau (de carrelage ) m , tuile (fr) f
Galician: tella (gl) f
Georgian: კრამიტი ( ḳramiṭi )
German: Kachel (de) f , Fliese (de) f , Dachziegel (de) m ( roof tile )
Alemannic German: Chachele f
Greek: πλακίδιο (el) n ( plakídio ) , πλακάκι (el) n ( plakáki ) , κεραμίδι (el) n ( keramídi ) ( roof tile )
Ancient: κέραμος m ( kéramos ) , κεραμίς f ( keramís )
Hindi: टाइल f ( ṭāil )
Hungarian: cserép (hu) , csempe (hu)
Ingush: гарг ( garg )
Irish: tíl
Italian: piastrella (it) f , mattonella (it) f ( floor and wall tile ) , tegola (it) f , coppo (it) m ( roof tile )
Japanese: タイル (ja) ( tairu ) , ( roof tile ) 瓦 (ja) ( かわら, kawara )
Khmer: ក្បឿង (km) ( kbɨəng ) , ការ៉ូ ( kaarou ) ( glazed )
Korean: 타일 (ko) ( tail ) , 기와 (ko) ( giwa )
Lao: ກະເບື້ອງ (lo) ( ka bư̄ang )
Latin: tēgula f
Latvian: flīze f
Lezgi: сахси ( saχsi )
Lithuanian: plytelė f
Macedonian: пло́чка f ( plóčka ) ( floor and wall tile ) , ќера́мида f ( ḱerámida ) ( roof tile )
Malay: jubin (ms)
Maori: tāpa , taera
Nepali: टाइल ( ṭāil )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ( roof ) takstein m , tegl (no) n , teglstein (no) m , ( elsewhere ) flis m or f
Nynorsk: ( roof ) takstein m , tegl n , teglstein m , ( elsewhere ) flis f
Occitan: teule (oc) m
Odia: ଟାଇଲ୍ (or) ( ṭail )
Old English: tiġele f
Ottoman Turkish: كرمید ( kiremid ) ( roof tile )
Persian: کاشی (fa) ( kâši ) , سفال (fa) ( sofâl )
Polish: kafel (pl) m , kafelek (pl) m , fliza (pl) f , płytka (pl) f
Portuguese: azulejo (pt) m ( glazed tile ) , ladrilho (pt) m , telha (pt) f ( roof tile )
Romanian: țiglă (ro) f , olan (ro) n , placă (ro) f
Russian: пли́тка (ru) f ( plítka ) , ( glazed tile ) ка́фель (ru) m ( káfelʹ ) , ( roof tile ) черепи́ца (ru) f ( čerepíca ) , плита́ (ru) f ( plitá ) ( larger )
Scottish Gaelic: leacag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пло̏чица f , ка̑љ m
Roman: plȍčica (sh) f , kȃlj (sh) m
Slovak: dlaždica f
Slovene: ploščica f , plošča (sl) f
Spanish: ( glazed tile ) azulejo (es) m , alicatado (es) m , ( floor tile ) baldosa (es) f , ( roof tile ) teja (es) f
Swahili: kigae
Swedish: taktegel (sv)
Thai: กระเบื้อง (th) ( grà-bʉ̂ʉang )
Turkish: kiremit (tr) , karo (tr)
Ukrainian: пли́тка f ( plýtka )
Vietnamese: ( roof tile ) ngói (vi) , đá lát , gạch (vi)
Zhuang: vax
flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games
Verb
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles , present participle tiling , simple past and past participle tiled )
( transitive ) To cover with tiles.
The handyman tiled the kitchen.
White marble tiled the bathroom.
1980 , Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings , Time-Life Books, →ISBN , page 38 :Some professionals begin tiling a wall by setting a full tile in the most visually prominent corner [ …]
( graphical user interface ) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
( computing theory ) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
( Freemasonry ) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
Derived terms
Translations
to cover with tiles
Arabic: قَرْمَدَ ( qarmada )
Catalan: enrajolar (ca) ( floor ) , teular (ca) ( roof )
Czech: dlaždit impf , obložit pf
Danish: beklæde med fliser ( wall tiles )
Dutch: tegelen (nl) , betegelen (nl)
Esperanto: kaheli , tegoli ( roof )
Finnish: laatoittaa (fi)
French: tuiler (fr)
Galician: tellar (gl) , faiar
German: fliesen (de) , kacheln (de) , ( roof ) decken (de)
Greek: πλακοστρώνω (el) ( plakostróno ) , στρώνω με πλακάκια ( stróno me plakákia )
Hungarian: csempéz (hu) , cserepez (hu) , burkol (hu) , befed (hu)
Italian: piastrellare
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flislegge
Polish: kafelkować impf , kłaść plytki
Portuguese: azulejar (pt) , ladrilhar (pt) , telhar (pt)
Spanish: alicatar (es) , azulejar (es) , poner azulejos a , embaldosar (es) , tejar (es) ( roof ) , embaldosinar (es) ( Colombia )
computing: to arrange in regular pattern
Etymology 2
See tiler ( “ doorkeeper at a Masonic lodge ” ) .
Alternative forms
Verb
tile (third-person singular simple present tiles , present participle tiling , simple past and past participle tiled )
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
to tile a Masonic lodge
tile the door
See also
Anagrams
Bambara
Noun
tìlé
sun
day , daytime , the heat of the day
epoch , era
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
tile m (genitive singular tile , nominative plural tilí )
( nautical , literary ) board , plank ( of boat )
( nautical )
sheets
poop
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
tile
thile
dtile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Further reading
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
𑀢𑀺𑀮𑁂 ( Brahmi script ) तिले ( Devanagari script ) তিলে ( Bengali script ) තිලෙ ( Sinhalese script ) တိလေ ( Burmese script ) ติเล ( Thai script ) ᨲᩥᩃᩮ ( Tai Tham script ) ຕິເລ ( Lao script ) តិលេ ( Khmer script ) 𑄖𑄨𑄣𑄬 ( Chakma script )
Noun
tile
locative singular of tila ( “ sesame ” )
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Pipil tlilli .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtile/
Rhymes: -ile
Syllabification: ti‧le
Noun
tile m (plural tiles )
( El Salvador , Honduras ) soot
Synonym: hollín
( poetic , Honduras ) darkness
Synonym: oscuridad
( colloquial , Honduras ) hard , complicated
Further reading