sil

Noun

sil (uncountable)

1. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
   • 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome (page 278)

     Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.

Anagrams

• ILS, ILs, ISL, LIS, LSI, SLI, lis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

1. (biology) milt, roe (of male fish)

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

1. (botany) sap

Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

Noun

sil m

1. sky

Alternative forms

• سيل‎

Etymology

From English seal, from Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *selk, *solk (“to pull”) or from Finno-Ugric *šülke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sel], [sɪl]
• Rhymes: -sel, -el

Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل)

1. seal (pinniped)

Noun

sil.

1. Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

Verb

sil (past shil, future silidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

1. rain, drip, shower
2. flow, shed, ooze, dribble

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, plural silean)

1. (dated) rain, trickle, shower

Etymology

English sill.

Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)

1. sill (layer of igneous rock)

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

sil c

1. strainer

Alternative forms

• shil

Noun

sil

1. cow (animal)

References

• 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sil]

Noun

sil (plural sils)

1. sky

Etymology

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/

Noun

sil m, f (plural silod or silion)

1. fry (of fish, especially salmon, trout or minnow); spawn (of fish, frogs, etc.); small fish
2. hull, husk (of grain)

Alternative forms

• scil (archaic)

Verb

sil

1. shall, will (first person singular of sille)