quilha

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʎɒ/

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Noun

quilha f (plural quilhas)

1. skittle
2. (nautical) keel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -iʎɐ
• Hyphenation: qui‧lha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French quille (“keel”), from Old Norse kilir, plural of kjǫlr (“keel”), from Proto-Germanic *keluz. Cognate with English keel.

Noun

quilha f (plural quilhas)

1. (nautical) keel (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quilha

1. inflection of quilhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative