utile

English

Etymology

From Old French utile, from Latin ūtilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjuːtʌɪl/

Adjective

utile (comparative more utile, superlative most utile)

1. (now rare) Useful.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 16:

     technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets [...].

Noun

utile (plural utiles)

1. (economics) A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
   • 2006, "Economic Roundup Autumn 2006," at www.treasury.gov.au (Australian Government Treasury).

     The ‘happiness utile’ does not exist, at least not yet.

Related terms

• utility
• util

Anagrams

• tuile

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /y.til/

Adjective

utile (masculine and feminine, plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Anagrams

• tuile

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Italian

Etymology

Latin utilis

Pronunciation

ùtile, /ˈutile/, /"utile/

Adjective

utile m and f (m and f plural utili)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Synonyms

• utilizzabile

Related terms

• usare
• utilità
• utilitario
• utilizzare
• utilmente

Anagrams

• ulite

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Latin

Adjective

ūtile

1. nominative neuter singular of ūtilis
2. accusative neuter singular of ūtilis
3. vocative neuter singular of ūtilis

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• util (masculine only)

Adjective

utile m and f (plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Descendants

• utile

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Romanian

Adjective

utile

1. feminine pluralnominative form of util
2. feminine pluralaccusative form of util
3. neuter pluralnominative form of util
4. neuter pluralaccusative form of util