different between kyle vs kile

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophones: chyle, kile, Kyle

Noun

kyle (plural kyles)

1. (Scotland) A narrow sea channel or arm of the sea in Scotland.

Derived terms

• Kyle of Lochalsh
• Kyle of Tongue

Translations

References

• “kyle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “kyle” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Lyke, lyke, yelk

Nisenan

Noun

kyle

1. woman

References

• Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

English

Etymology

From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *k?l?, *k?lij? (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *g?- (“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”). Distant doublet of keel, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

Noun

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

Anagrams

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?l?]

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?l?/, [?k?i?l?]

Noun

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

1. wedge
2. gusset

Inflection

Verb

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

1. wedge

Kumak

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)

1. a wedge or chock

Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

1. (transitive) to wedge

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitil?n?.

Alternative forms

• kisle, kitle

Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to tickle

References

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i.l?/

Noun

kile f

1. dative/locative singular of ki?a

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kile (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of kila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kil?/

Noun

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

Slovene

Noun

kile

1. inflection of kila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

kile

1. Ki class inflected form of -le.

Tatar

Noun

kile

1. mortar