different between kreel vs keel

English

Noun

kreel (plural kreels)

1. Alternative form of creel

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kj?lr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewlos. Distantly related to kile.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ki?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

keel (plural keels)

1. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
4. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
5. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
6. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
7. A brewer's cooling vat.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall

   He keeled over after having a stroke.

2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
4. (transitive, obsolete) to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over

   while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)

Derived terms

• keel over

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

Noun

keel

1. (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.

Etymology 3

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. Pronunciation spelling of kill.

Anagrams

• Kele, Leek, elke, leek, lekë

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch keel, from Middle Dutch k?le, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kel?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???l/

Noun

keel (plural kele)

1. throat

Derived terms

• keelgat
• keelseer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?l/, [ke??]
• Hyphenation: keel
• Rhymes: -e?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch k?le, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kel?.

Noun

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

1. throat

   Synonym: hals

Derived terms

• baard in de keel
• keelgat
• keelpijn

Descendants

• Afrikaans: keel

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

keel n (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red

Anagrams

• leek, leke

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *keeli. Cognate with Finnish kieli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?l/

Noun

keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

1. language
2. tongue
3. string of musical instrument

Declension

Derived terms

• emakeel
• kõnekeel
• keeleluu
• keeleteadus
• keelkond
• röövlikeel

Further reading

• keel in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• keel in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik

Etymology 2

Noun

keel

1. adessive singular of kee

Etymology 3

Noun

keel

1. adessive singular of kesi

Ingrian

Noun

keel (genitive keelen, partitive keeltä)

1. Soikkola spelling of keeli

References

• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[1], ?ISBN, page 33