zuil

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch suul, from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz. Cognate with English sile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zœy̯l/
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  • Hyphenation: zuil
  • Rhymes: -œy̯l

Noun

zuil f (plural zuilen, diminutive zuiltje n)

  1. (architecture) pillar, support
  2. (society, chiefly historical) pillar, institutional subgrouping of society along ideological or religious lines

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