different between wicker vs wil

English

Etymology

From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(r)
• (General American) enPR: w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• Homophone: whicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Homophone: Wicca (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)

1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
2. Wickerwork.

Derived terms

• wickerwork
• rewicker
• wicker man

Translations

See also

• basket
• cradle
• rattan

Adjective

wicker (not comparable)

1. Made of wickerwork.

Translations

Further reading

• wicker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

wicker

1. comparative degree of wikke

English

Verb

wil

1. Obsolete spelling of will

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch willen, from Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljan?, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l/

Verb

wil (present wil, past wou, past participle gewil)

1. to want

Usage notes

This is an auxiliary verb and may be translated thus in English, as "would like to". There is also a nonstandard past participle sometimes used in colloquial speech, gewou.

Noun

wil (uncountable)

1. will

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wille, from Old Dutch willo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wil m (uncountable, diminutive willetje n)

1. want

Derived terms

• volkswil
• willekeur
• wilsbekwaam
• wilskracht
• wilsvrijheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

wil

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of willen
2. imperative of willen

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wil/

Noun

wil n

1. wile, trick or device

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: wile
  • English: wile

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch wiel.

Noun

wil

1. wheel

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wheel.

Noun

wil

1. wheel

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wi?]

Noun

wil

1. head