kile

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.

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

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kile ?

1. associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlɛ]

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

• IPA^(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

1. wedge
2. gusset

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

1. wedge

• “kile” in Den Danske Ordbog

• quile (Súlat Bacúlud)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray

kilé

1. eyebrow

From French clé.

kile

1. key

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

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

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

1. a wedge or chock

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

1. (transitive) to wedge

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

• kisle, kitle

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

1. (ambitransitive) to tickle

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German kil.

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

1. a wedge or chock

• “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

kile f

1. dative/locative singular of kiła

kile (Cyrillic spelling киле)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilɛ/

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

kile

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

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kile

1. ki class_(VII) inflected form of -le

kile

1. mortar