zil
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
zil (plural zils)
- Alternative form of zill (kind of cymbal)
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AnagramsEdit
Antillean CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French îles. See zil#Haitian Creole for more.
NounEdit
zil
SynonymsEdit
- (Saint Lucia) lilèt
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French îles (“islands”). In French, the plural word îles is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except before vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, îles was reanalyzed as beginning with /z/.
NounEdit
zil
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French îles. In French, the plural word îles is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, îles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.
NounEdit
zil
Derived termsEdit
- zilwa (islander)
RomagnolEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
zil m
- sky
- November 2012, Augusto Ancarani, Bon Nadel in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:
- In zil u gn’ era l’ombra d’una stèla;
- In the sky there wasn’t even a shadow of a star;
- November 2012, Augusto Ancarani, Bon Nadel in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
zil (definite accusative zili, plural ziller)
ReferencesEdit
- Nişanyan, Sevan, “zil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük[1], 2014-10-24, retrieved 2016-12-20