quille
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French quille, borrowed from Middle High German kegel, from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, stake, peg, cone”).
Noun edit
quille f (plural quilles)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse kilir, plural of kjǫlr (“keel”), from Proto-Germanic *keluz.
Noun edit
quille f (plural quilles)
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: quilha
Further reading edit
- “quille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.