different between schilling vs chilling

English

Etymology

From German Schilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??/

Noun

schilling (plural schillings)

1. The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

Translations

See also

• shilling

Anagrams

• chillings

Middle English

Alternative forms

• shilling, shiling

Etymology

From Old English scilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ilin?/

Noun

schilling (plural shillinges)

1. A shilling or other silver coin (including ancient coins), the value of that coin, or the weight equivalent to that coin.

Descendants

• English: shilling
• Yola: shilleen

References

• “shilling, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling and skilling.

Noun

schilling m (definite singular schillingen, indefinite plural schilling, definite plural schillingene)

1. (numismatics) a schilling, the old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

References

• “schilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of shilling and skilling.

Noun

schilling m (definite singular schillingen, indefinite plural schilling, definite plural schillingane)

1. (numismatics) a silver coin of several German states in the High Middle Ages, typically divided into 12 pfennig
2. (numismatics) a schilling, the old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen

References

• “schilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Adjective

chilling (comparative more chilling, superlative most chilling)

1. Becoming cold.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:

     As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.

2. Causing cold.
3. Causing mild fear.

   It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

Translations

Verb

chilling

1. present participle of chill

Derived terms

• bone-chilling

Noun

chilling (plural chillings)

1. The act by which something is chilled.