different between because vs hile

English

Alternative forms

• bycause, becos, 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcus

Etymology

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /b??k?z/
  • (UK, dated) IPA^(key): /b??k??z/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bi?k?z/, /bi?k?z/, /b??k?z/
• (unstressed)
  • IPA^(key): /b?k?z/
• Rhymes: -?z
• Hyphenation: be?cause
• Rhymes: -??z

Adverb

because (not comparable)

1. (archaic) For the reason (that).
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:

     And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2. On account (of), for sake (of).

3. (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Derived terms

• because of
• just because

Translations

Conjunction

because

1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

3. (obsolete) So that, in order that. [15th-17th c.]

Synonyms

• (for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ? (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

Preposition

because

1. (uncommon, slang, nonstandard, especially Internet) On account of, because of. [since at least the 20th century]

Derived terms

• because reasons

References

• Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hile (plural hiles)

1. (botany) hilum

Etymology 2

Noun

hile (plural hiles)

1. (old South-West England dialect) A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to dry; a stook.

Verb

hile (third-person singular simple present hiles, present participle hiling, simple past and past participle hiled)

1. (old South-West England dialect) To form sheaves into a hile.

References

Anagrams

• Heil, Ihle, Lehi, elhi, heil, heli-

Albanian

Noun

hile f (indefinite plural hile, definite singular hilja, definite plural hilet)

1. trick, cheat

Related terms

• skile

Finnish

Noun

hile

1. small ice crystal (usually in plural), often found floating in air
2. glitter

Declension

Derived terms

• hileinen

Anagrams

• Heli

French

Etymology

Latin hilum

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /il/

Noun

hile m (plural hiles)

1. hilum

Further reading

• “hile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

hile (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yle

Spanish

Verb

hile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of hilar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of hilar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of hilar.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (??la, “trickery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi?le/

Noun

hile (definite accusative hileyi, plural hileler)

1. deceit, ruse, trick
2. adulteration (with the intent of deceiving buyers)

Declension

References

• hile in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu