keel
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewlos. Distantly related to kile.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
keel (plural keels)
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- A brewer's cooling vat.
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VerbEdit
keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)
- (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall
- He keeled over after having a stroke.
- To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
- To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
- (transitive, obsolete) to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over
- while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)
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Etymology 2Edit
Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).
NounEdit
keel
VerbEdit
keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)
- (Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch keel, from Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
keel (plural kele)
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.
NounEdit
keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: keel
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
keel n (uncountable)
AnagramsEdit
EstonianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *keeli. Cognate with Finnish kieli.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | keel | keeled |
accusative | keele | keeled |
genitive | keele | keelte |
partitive | keelt | keeli |
illative | keelde keelesse |
keeltesse keelisse |
inessive | keeles | keeltes keelis |
elative | keelest | keeltest keelist |
allative | keelele | keeltele keelile |
adessive | keelel | keeltel keelil |
ablative | keelelt | keeltelt keelilt |
translative | keeleks | keelteks keeliks |
terminative | keeleni | keelteni |
essive | keelena | keeltena |
abessive | keeleta | keelteta |
comitative | keelega | keeltega |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- keel in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
keel
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
keel
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Finnish kieli and Estonian keel.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
keel (genitive keelen, partitive keelt)
ReferencesEdit
- Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[1]