different between tamil vs shipmate

French

Adjective

tamil (plural tamils)

1. Alternative spelling of tamoul

Noun

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of tamoul

Ibaloi

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Kankanaey

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Karao

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tamil m (definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamiler, definite plural tamilene)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of South India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tamil m (definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamilar, definite plural tamilane)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of Southern India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From English Tamil.

Adjective

tamil (plural tamiles)

1. Tamil; of or pertaining to the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, their culture, or language
2. (relational) of the Tamil script

Noun

tamil m or f (plural tamiles)

1. a Tamil person, belonging to the Tamil people

Noun

tamil m (uncountable)

1. the Tamil language

Swedish

Noun

tamil c

1. Tamil; person from the Tamil people.
2. (uncountable) Tamil; language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

Declension

English

Etymology

ship +? mate

Noun

shipmate (plural shipmates)

1. (nautical) A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     "And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand.

2. (nautical, informal) Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

Anagrams

• aphetism, mateship, teamship