See also: Teil

English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old French teil, til, from Latin tilia.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

teil (plural teils)

  1. (obbsolete) The lime tree, or linden.

References

edit

Anagrams

edit

Australian Kriol

edit

Etymology

edit

From English tail.

Noun

edit

teil

  1. tail (appendage of an animal)

Dutch

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle Dutch têle, teile, from Old Dutch tēla, *teila, from earlier tegela, and therefore a doublet of tegel.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /tɛi̯l/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: teil
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Noun

edit

teil f (plural teilen, diminutive teiltje n)

  1. tub, basin (wide vessel with generally a larger volume than a bucket)
    • 1964, The Lighttown Skiffle Group, "Doe 't maar in een emmertje", on Hé zusje - Doe 't maar in een emmertje.
      Wij drinken nooit uit glaasjes / Dat is beneden peil / Doe 't maar in een emmertje / Doe 't maar in een teil
      We never drink out of glasses / That is below our level / Just put it in a bucket / Just put it in a tub
    Synonym: tobbe
  2. tray or pot used for serving a dish

Derived terms

edit

Estonian

edit

Noun

edit

teil

  1. adessive plural of tee

Finnish

edit

Pronoun

edit

teil

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of teillä.

German

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

teil

  1. singular imperative of teilen

Middle English

edit

Noun

edit

teil

  1. Alternative form of tayl

Veps

edit

Pronoun

edit

teil

  1. adessive of

Noun

edit

teil

  1. adessive plural of te

Yola

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle English eilen. Initial t- is a dental addition after /d/.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

teil

  1. to ail
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Fade teil.
      What ails.

References

edit
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 71 & 84