still

See also stíll

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɪl/, X-SAMPA: /stIl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet, calm; without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed; moving little or gently; silent; not loud; secret; unchanging, undisturbed, stable, fixed; not vehement, gentle”), from Proto-Germanic *stillijaz (“quiet, still”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stell; fixed, motionless, still, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.

Alternative forms

• stil
• stille, styll, stylle (obsolete)

Adjective

still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)

1. Not moving; calm

   Still waters run deep.

2. Uttering no sound; silent.
3. Still having the stated quality
   • 2007 January 3, Gerry Geronimo, “Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia”:

     To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion.

Synonyms

• (not moving): fixed, stationary, unmoving
• See also Wikisaurus:silent

Derived terms

• stillness

Related terms

• be still my heart
• be still my beating heart
• still waters run deep

Translations

not moving

• Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž) 
• Czech: stálý (cs)
• Dutch: stil (nl)
• Estonian: paigal (et)
• Finnish: liikkumaton (fi)
• French: calme (fr), immobile (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: still (de)
• Hungarian: nyugodt (hu), csendes (hu), mozdulatlan (hu)
• Japanese: (general) 止まっている (ja) (とまっている, tomatte iru), (formal) 静止した (ja) (sēshi shita)

• Latin: immobilis (la)
• Luxembourgish: stëll (lb)
• Macedonian: мирен (mk) (míren)
• Norwegian: stille (no)
• Persian: آرام (fa) (ārām)
• Portuguese: imóvel (pt) m
• Russian: неподвижный (ru) (nepodvížnyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: nepomično (sh)
• Spanish: quieto (es) m, quieta (es) f
• Swedish: stilla (sv)
• Thai: นิ่ง (th)
• Venetian: cet

Adverb

still (not comparable)

1. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

   Is it still raining?

   It was still raining five minutes ago.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

2. (degree) to an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.

   Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller. ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)

3. (conjunctive) nevertheless

   I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.

4. (archaic, poetic) always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
   • 1609 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 5.2.201-202:

     Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.

Synonyms

• (up to a time): yet
• (to an even greater degree): yet, even
• (nevertheless): nonetheless, though, yet

Translations

up to a time, as in the preceding time

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: لا يزال (ar) (laa yazaal) (negative form of زال zaala), الى الأن (ar) (ilaa al-'aan)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Aromanian: ningã (rup), nica (rup)
• Catalan: encara (ca)
• Chamicuro: meye kala
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 還 (cmn), 还 (cmn) (hái), 還是 (cmn), 还是 (cmn) (háishi), 仍 (cmn) (réng), 依然 (cmn) (yīrán)

• Czech: stále (cs), ještě (cs)
• Dalmatian: junkaura
• Danish: stadig (da)
• Dutch: nog (nl), nog steeds (nl)
• Esperanto: ankoraŭ (eo)
• Finnish: vielä (fi), edelleen (fi), yhä (fi)
• French: encore (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: noch (de)
• Hungarian: még (hu)
• Ido: ankore (io)
• Interlingua: totevia (ia)
• Italian: ancora (it), tuttora (it)
• Japanese: (informal) まだ (ja) (mada), (formal) 依然として (ja) (izen-to-shite)

• Korean: 여전히 (ko) (yeojeonhi), 아직 (ko) (ajik)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هێشتا (ku)

• Latin: adhunc (la), eatimnunc (la), eatimnum (la), etiamnum (la), etiamnunc (la), adhuc (la)
• Macedonian: сè уште (mk) (sé ušte)
• Malay: masih (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ennå (no), fremdeles (no)

  Nynorsk: enno (nn), ennå (nn), framleis (nn)

• Persian: هنوز (fa) (hanuz)
• Polish: nadal (pl), wciąż (pl)
• Portuguese: ainda (pt)
• Romanian: încă (ro)
• Russian: ещё (ru) (ješčó) , всё ещё (ru) (vsjo ješčó) 
• Slovene: šè (sl)
• Spanish: todavía (es), aún (es)
• Swedish: fortfarande (sv), ännu (sv)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: هنوز (hanuz)

• Telugu: ఇంకా (te) (inkaa)
• Turkish: hâlâ (tr), hala (tr)
• Vietnamese: còn (vi)

to an even greater degree

• Catalan: encara (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 更 (cmn) (gèng)

• Czech: ještě (cs)
• Dutch: nog (nl)
• Finnish: vielä (fi)
• French: encore (fr)
• German: noch (de)
• Hungarian: még (hu)
• Italian: ancora più (it)
• Japanese: (informal) まだ (ja) (mada), もっと (ja) (motto), (general) 更に (ja) (sarani), より (ja) (yori)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هێشتا

• Latin: adhunc (la), eatimnunc (la), eatimnum (la)
• Macedonian: уште по- (mk) (úšte po-)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enda (no)

  Nynorsk: endå (nn), enda (nn)

• Portuguese: ainda (pt)
• Russian: ещё (ru) (ješčó) 
• Spanish: todavía (es), aún (es)
• Swedish: än (sv), ännu (sv), ändå (sv)
• Telugu: ఇంకా (te) (inkaa)

nevertheless

• Arabic: رغم ذلك (ar) (rághim dhaalik), مع ذلك (ar) (ma3a dhaalik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 還是 (cmn), 还是 (cmn) (háishi), 仍然 (cmn) (réngrán)

• Czech: i tak (cs), stále (cs)
• Dutch: toch (nl)
• Finnish: silti (fi), vielä (fi)
• French: néanmoins (fr)
• German: doch (de), trotzdem (de), dennoch (de)
• Hungarian: mégis (hu), mégsem (hu)
• Japanese: (informal) まだ (ja) (mada), (general) それでも (ja) (soré démo)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ڵام (ku)

• Latin: tamen (la)
• Macedonian: сепак (mk) (sépak)
• Norwegian: likevel (no), enda (no)
• Persian: هنوز (fa) (hanuz), باز هم (fa) (bâz ham)
• Portuguese: mesmo assim (pt), ainda assim (pt)
• Russian: всё-таки (ru) (vsjó-taki) , тем не менее (ru) (tem ne méneje) , всё же (ru) (vsjó že) 
• Serbo-Croatian: unatoč (sh)
• Swedish: ändå (sv), trots (sv) (e.g. "trots allt")

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• Ido: ankore (io), ankor (io)

Noun

still (plural stills)

1. A period of calm or silence.
2. (photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.)
3. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

Translations

a period of calm or silence

• Finnish: tyyni jakso (fi)
• Georgian: სიმშვიდე (ka) (simšvide) , შტილი (ka) (štili) 
• Japanese: (sound): 静寂 (ja) (sējyaku), 静けさ (ja) (shizukesa), (wind, sea): 凪 (ja) (nagi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هێمنی

• Russian: штиль (ru) (štil') m 
• Swedish: tystnad (sv) c (sound), vindstilla (sv) (wind), bleke (sv) n and c (wind at sea, water surface), stillestånd (sv) n (war), stillhet (sv) c

photography: a non-moving photograph

• Finnish: pysäytyskuva (fi), stilli (fi)
• French: photogramme (fr) m
• Japanese: (photography): スチール (ja) (suchīru), (electronics): スチル (ja) (suchiru), 静止画 (ja) (sēshi-ga)

• Spanish: instantánea (es) f
• Swedish: stillbild (sv) c

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• Dutch: stilte (nl) (1), still (nl) (2)
• German: Stille (de) f (1), Standfoto (de) n (2)

Etymology 2

Via Middle English, ultimately from Latin stilla

Noun

still (plural stills)

Wikipedia

1. a device for distilling liquids.
2. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
3. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
4. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Translations

a device for distilling liquids

• Dutch: distilleerapparaat (nl) n
• Galician: alambique (gl) m
• German: Destillierapparat (de) m, Destillierkolben (de) m
• Japanese: 蒸留器 (ja) (jōryū-ki)
• Norwegian: destillasjonsapparat (no) n
• Russian: перегонный куб (ru) (p'er'egónnyj kub) m , дистиллятор (ru) (distill'átor) m 

• Spanish: alambique (es) m, alquitara (es) f
• Swedish: destilleringsapparat (sv) c, hembränningsapparat (sv) c, lönnbränningsapparat (sv) c, destillator (sv) c, destillationsapparat (sv) c

Catering, stills: Area in restaurant used to make tea and coffee separate from main kitchen

• Dutch: distilleerderij (nl)

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• French: alambic (fr)
• German: Destillierapparat (de) m (1)
• Spanish: alambique (es) (1)

See also

• pot still

Etymology 3

Old English stillan

Verb

still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

1. to calm down, to quiet

   Still that animal before it hurts someone.

Translations

to calm down

• French: calmer (fr)
• Japanese: 静まる (ja) (shizumaru)
• Macedonian: смирува (mk) (smíruva), успокојува (mk) (uspokójuva)
• Norwegian: roe (no), stille (no) (archaic)

• Russian: успокаивать (ru) (uspokáivat') impf. , успокоить (ru) (uspokóit') pf. , угомонить (ru) (ugomonít') pf. 
• Swedish: lugna (sv), lugna ner (sv), stilla (sv)

Etymology 4

Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.

Verb

still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:

     any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright [...].

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: thought · found · people · #141: still · just · while · again

Anagrams

• lilts
• tills

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German

Etymology

From Old High German stilli, from Proto-Germanic *stillijaz (“motionless, still, quiet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃtɪl/

Adjective

still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)

1. quiet, silent

Declension

positive forms of still

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist still	sie ist still	es ist still	sie sind still
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stiller	stille	stilles	stille
	genitive	stillen	stiller	stillen	stiller
	dative	stillem	stiller	stillem	stillen
	accusative	stillen	stille	stilles	stille
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stille	die stille	das stille	die stillen
	genitive	des stillen	der stillen	des stillen	der stillen
	dative	dem stillen	der stillen	dem stillen	den stillen
	accusative	den stillen	die stille	das stille	die stillen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stiller	eine stille	ein stilles	(keine) stillen
	genitive	eines stillen	einer stillen	eines stillen	(keiner) stillen
	dative	einem stillen	einer stillen	einem stillen	(keinen) stillen
	accusative	einen stillen	eine stille	ein stilles	(keine) stillen

comparative forms of still

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist stiller	sie ist stiller	es ist stiller	sie sind stiller
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stillerer	stillere	stilleres	stillere
	genitive	stilleren	stillerer	stilleren	stillerer
	dative	stillerem	stillerer	stillerem	stilleren
	accusative	stilleren	stillere	stilleres	stillere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stillere	die stillere	das stillere	die stilleren
	genitive	des stilleren	der stilleren	des stilleren	der stilleren
	dative	dem stilleren	der stilleren	dem stilleren	den stilleren
	accusative	den stilleren	die stillere	das stillere	die stilleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stillerer	eine stillere	ein stilleres	(keine) stilleren
	genitive	eines stilleren	einer stilleren	eines stilleren	(keiner) stilleren
	dative	einem stilleren	einer stilleren	einem stilleren	(keinen) stilleren
	accusative	einen stilleren	eine stillere	ein stilleres	(keine) stilleren

superlative forms of still

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am stillsten	sie ist am stillsten	es ist am stillsten	sie sind am stillsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stillster	stillste	stillstes	stillste
	genitive	stillsten	stillster	stillsten	stillster
	dative	stillstem	stillster	stillstem	stillsten
	accusative	stillsten	stillste	stillstes	stillste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stillste	die stillste	das stillste	die stillsten
	genitive	des stillsten	der stillsten	des stillsten	der stillsten
	dative	dem stillsten	der stillsten	dem stillsten	den stillsten
	accusative	den stillsten	die stillste	das stillste	die stillsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stillster	eine stillste	ein stillstes	(keine) stillsten
	genitive	eines stillsten	einer stillsten	eines stillsten	(keiner) stillsten
	dative	einem stillsten	einer stillsten	einem stillsten	(keinen) stillsten
	accusative	einen stillsten	eine stillste	ein stillstes	(keine) stillsten

Adverb

still

1. quietly, silently

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɪl/, X-SAMPA: /stIl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

still

1. imperative of stille

   Still deg i køen.

   Go stand in the queue.