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kile

See also: Kile, kilé, kilè, kilë, and kiłę

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.

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Noun

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kile (plural kiles)

  1. An ulcer; sore.

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Breton

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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kile ?

  1. associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge

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Czech

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Noun

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kile

  1. locative singular of kilo

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

Noun

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kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

  1. wedge
  2. gusset

Inflection

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Declension of kile
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kile kilen kiler kilerne
genitive kiles kilens kilers kilernes

Verb

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kile (imperative kil, infinitive at kile, present tense kiler, past tense kilede, perfect tense har kilet)

  1. wedge

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Kapampangan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray

Noun

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kilé

  1. eyebrow

Kumak

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Etymology

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From French clé.

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kile

  1. key

References

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  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008) →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

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kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)

  1. a wedge or chock

Verb

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kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

  1. (transitive) to wedge

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

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Verb

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kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to tickle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kil.

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kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)

  1. a wedge or chock

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Polish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈki.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: ki‧le

Noun

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kile f

  1. dative/locative singular of kiła

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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kile (Cyrillic spelling киле)

  1. inflection of kila:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

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kile

  1. locative singular of kilo

Slovene

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kile

  1. inflection of kila:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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kile

  1. Ki class inflected form of -le.

Tatar

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Noun

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kile

  1. mortar
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