different between likes vs ilk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?ks/
• Rhymes: -a?ks

Noun

likes

1. plural of like

   They'd never before seen the likes of them.

   They'd never before seen the likes of him.

   I'd never seen their likes.

Verb

likes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of like
2. First person singular simple present indicative form of like
3. Third person plural simple present indicative form of like

Anagrams

• Kiles, Kisel, kiles, kisel, silke, slike

Amis

Noun

likes

1. mosquito

References

2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: like, likent

Verb

likes

1. second-person singular present indicative of liker
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of liker

Spanish

Noun

likes

1. plural of like

Swedish

Noun

likes

1. indefinite genitive singular of like

Anagrams

• Eskil, kisel, lekis, silke

English

Alternative forms

• ilke

Etymology

From Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *il?kaz, a compound of *iz and *-l?kaz from the noun *l?k? (“body”). Akin to Dutch lichaam, or lijk, body, dead body.

The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase ‘of that ilk’ to families: the word thus came to mean ‘family’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lk/
• Rhymes: -?lk

Adjective

ilk (not comparable)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) Very; same.

Usage notes

Used following a person’s name to show that he lives in a place of the same name, eg Johnstone of that ilk means Johnstone of Johnstone.

Noun

ilk (plural ilks)

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
   • 1931, Ogden Nash, The Cow:

     The cow is of the bovine ilk;

     One end is moo, the other, milk.

Usage notes

• In modern use, ilk is used in phrases such as of his ilk, of that ilk, to mean ‘type’ or ‘sort.’ It often, though not necessarily, has negative connotations. The use arose out of a misunderstanding of the earlier, Scottish use in the phrase of that ilk, where it means ‘of the same name or place.’ For this reason, some traditionalists regard the modern use as incorrect. It is, however, the only common current use and is now part of standard English.

Translations

Synonyms

• kind
• likes
• sort
• type

Derived terms

• of that ilk
• thilk

References

• “ilk” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ilk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Kil

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“before; early; first”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid ??????? (ilk, “first, firstly”), Turkish ilk, Chuvash ???? (?l?k, “before, in old times; ago”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ilk]

Adjective

ilk

1. first

Noun

ilk (definite accusative ilki, plural ilkl?r)

1. firstborn, firstling

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ilk m (definite singular ilken, indefinite plural ilkar, definite plural ilkane)

1. alternative form of ilke

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lk/

Etymology 1

From the Old English ?lca, from Proto-Germanic *il?kaz, a compound of *iz and *-l?kaz from the noun *l?k? (“body”).

Cognate to English ilk.

Adjective

ilk (not comparable)

1. The same.

Usage notes

• Used following a person’s name to show that he lives in a place of the same name, eg Johnstone of that ilk means Johnstone of Johnstone.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ylk, iwilk, from Old English ?ehwylc (“each, every”), equivalent to y- +? which. Merged with Northern Old English ylc (“each”). More at each. (compare the Dutch elk - each)

Determiner

ilk

1. (archaic, of two or more) each; every

Synonyms

• ilka

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (ilk, “first, firstly, in the first place”), from Proto-Turkic *ilk (“first”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid ??????? (ilk, “first, firstly”), Bashkir ???? (elek, “before, earlier, ago”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ilc/

Adjective

ilk (comparative daha ilk, superlative en ilk)

1. first

   Synonyms: birinci, ba?taki

   Antonym: son

2. pristine (pertaining to the earliest state of something)

Adverb

ilk

1. first, firstly

   Synonyms: önce, ilkin