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English

Etymology

From French tuile (“tile”). Doublet of tile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twi?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophones: tweel, tuille

Noun

tuile (plural tuiles)

1. A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes

Anagrams

• Lieut, Lieut., utile

French

Etymology

Metathesis of Old French tiule, from Latin t?gula. Doublet of tégule, a borrowing. Compare Italian tegola. Compare also Middle French teille, the Champenois form inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?il/

Noun

tuile f (plural tuiles)

1. tile
2. (colloquial) bad luck, misfortune

   Synonyms: accident, imprévu

3. (cooking) tuile (thin cookie)

Derived terms

Verb

tuile

1. first-person singular present indicative of tuiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of tuiler
3. second-person singular imperative of tuiler

Further reading

• “tuile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• utile

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???l??/

Noun

tuile f (genitive singular tuile, nominative plural tuilte)

1. verbal noun of tuil
2. flood, flow

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "tuile" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “tuile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tuile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin t?gula.

Noun

tuile f (plural tuiles)

1. (Jersey) tile

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *toliyom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu.l?e/

Noun

tuile n

1. verbal noun of do·lin: flowing, flooding, inundation
2. full tide

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tuile
  • Irish: tuile
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuil
  • Manx: thooilley

Related terms

• liae
• díle
• tólae

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tuile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tuile

1. genitive singular of tuil

Mutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tulle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l
• Homophone: tool

Noun

tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)

1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tuell, ullet

Estonian

Noun

tulle

1. illative singular of tuli

Finnish

Verb

tulle

1. Potential present connegative form of tulla.

Anagrams

• lelut

French

Etymology

Named after Tulle, where the fabric was first manufactured.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyl/

Noun

tulle f (uncountable)

1. tulle

Further reading

• “tulle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Verb

tulle

1. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

tulle

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
2. accusative plural masculine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
3. vocative singular feminine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)

Spanish

Verb

tulle

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tullir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tullir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tullir.