different between util vs utile

English

Etymology

From utility.

Noun

util (plural utils)

1. (economics) A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

   Synonyms: hedon, utile, utilon

   Antonym: dolor

2. (informal, computing) A utility.

Anagrams

• lit?

Limos Kalinga

Noun

utíl

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Middle French

Noun

util m (plural utils)

1. Alternative form of outil

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?tilis.

Adjective

util m (feminine singular utila, masculine plural utils, feminine plural utilas)

1. useful

Related terms

• utilitat
• utilizar

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 1013.

Romanian

Etymology

From French utile, from Latin ?tilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?til/

Adjective

util m or n (feminine singular util?, masculine plural utili, feminine and neuter plural utile)

1. helpful
2. useful

Declension

Antonyms

• inutil

Related terms

• utilitate
• utiliza

Further reading

• util in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From Old French utile, from Latin ?tilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ju?.ta?l/

Adjective

utile (comparative more utile, superlative most utile)

1. (now rare) Useful.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, 2011 Penguin edition, p. 16:

     technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets […]

Noun

utile (plural utiles)

1. (economics) A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
   • 2002, Louis Groarke, The Good Rebel: Understanding Freedom and Morality, ?ISBN, p. 29 (Google preview):

     Rational agents always maximize the number of utiles procured; that is, they will always choose those outcomes which promise to produce the most utiles.

   • 2006, "Economic Roundup Autumn 2006," www.treasury.gov.au (Australian Government Treasury) (retrieved 20 Oct 2013):

     [T]he ‘happiness utile’ does not exist, at least not yet.

Synonyms

• (unit of satisfaction): hedon, util

Related terms

• utility

Anagrams

• Lieut, Lieut., tuile

Esperanto

Etymology

utila +? -e

Adverb

utile

1. usefully

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ?tilis. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.til/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

utile (plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Derived terms

Related terms

• outil

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tuile

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?tilis.

Pronunciation

• ùtile
• IPA^(key): /?u.ti.le/
• Rhymes: -utile

Adjective

utile (plural utili)

1. useful

   Synonym: utilizzabile

   Antonym: inutile

Related terms

• usare
• utilità
• utilitario
• utilizzare
• utilmente

Anagrams

• ulite

Further reading

• utile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

?tile

1. nominative neuter singular of ?tilis
2. accusative neuter singular of ?tilis
3. vocative neuter singular of ?tilis

Adverb

?tile (comparative ?tilius, superlative ?tillim?)

1. usefully

   Synonym: ?tiliter

Middle French

Alternative forms

• util (masculine only)

Adjective

utile m or f (plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Descendants

• utile

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?tile/

Adjective

utile

1. nominative feminine plural of util
2. accusative feminine plural of util
3. nominative neuter plural of util
4. accusative neuter plural of util