ile
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English eile, eyle, eiȝle, from Old English eġl (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agilō (“awn”). Cognate with German Egel, Achel.
Alternative forms
Noun
ile
- (obsolete) Ear of corn.
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Etymology 2
See aisle.
Noun
ile
- (obsolete) An aisle.
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Etymology 3
See isle.
Noun
ile
- (obsolete) An isle.
- ( "or spread his aerie flight
Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy Ile" )
Etymology 4
See I'll.
Contraction
ile
- (archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall
- "Why then Ile fit you." — T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land
Anagrams
Basque
Noun
ile
Derived terms
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːlə
Verb
ile (imperative il, infinitive at ile, present tense iler, past tense ilede, perfect tense har ilet)
French
Noun
ile f (plural iles)
- Alternative spelling of île
Further reading
- “ile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Most likely from Ancient Greek εἰλεός (eileós, “colic”), from εἰλέω (eiléō, “I throng, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), same source as with Old Armenian գելում (gelum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.le/, [ˈiː.ɫɛ]
Noun
īle n (genitive īlis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īle | īlia |
| genitive | īlis | īlium |
| dative | īlī | īlibus |
| accusative | īle | īlia |
| ablative | īlī | īlibus |
| vocative | īle | īlia |
Derived terms
- īliacus
- *iliata (Vulgar Latin)
- *iliaris (Vulgar Latin)
- *iliarica (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants
References
- ile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Old English
Noun
ile m
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.lɛ/
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Pronoun
ile
Declension
Derived terms
- ilekolwiek
- ilekroć
- ileś
- ilodniowy
- ilometrowy
- ilomiesięczny
- iloprocentowy
Related terms
Further reading
- ile in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swahili
Adjective
ile
Turkish
Conjunction
ile
- with
- Arkadaşımla dışarı çıkıyorum.
- I am going out with my friend.
- and
- Ateşle barut yan yana durmaz.
- The fire and the gunpowder don't stand nearby.
Usage notes
Generally suffixed to words as -la / -yla or -le / -yle. Which form is used depends on the affixed word's dominant vowel, and whether the word ends in a vowel or a consonant.
- -le — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a consonant ending
- kardeşin (“your brother”) — kardeşinle (“with your brother”)
- düşünceleriniz (“your ideas”) — düşüncelerinizle (“with your ideas”)
- -yle — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a vowel ending
- battaniye (“blanket”) — battaniyeyle (“with a/the blanket”)
- üyeleri (“their members”) — üyeleriyle (“with their members”)
- -la — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a consonant ending
- arkadaşım (“my friend”) — arkadaşımla (“with my friend”)
- akrabalarımız (“our relatıves”) — akrabalarımızla (“with our relatives”)
- -yla — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a vowel ending
- arkadaşı (“his friend”) — arkadaşıyla (“with his friend”)
- oyuncakları (“their toys”) — oyuncaklarıyla (“with their toys”)
An apostrophe is required with proper nouns:
- Şebnem'le
- Ali'yle
- Barış'la
- Beyza'yla