kile

Etymology

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-, *gū- (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

Noun

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

Anagrams

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

Noun

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

1. wedge
2. gusset

Verb

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

1. wedge

Etymology

From French clé.

Noun

kile

1. key

References

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil.

Etymology 2

From the noun (sense 1); and Old Norse kitla (sense 2)

References

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Middle Low German kil

Noun

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

1. a wedge or chock

References

• “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilɛ/

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

Adjective

kile

1. Ki class inflected form of -le.