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wile
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
- Homophone: while
Etymology 1
From Middle English wile, wyle, from Old Northern French wile (“guile”) and Old English w?l (“wile, trick”) and wi?le (“divination”), from Proto-Germanic *w?l? (“craft, deceit”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”)) and Proto-Germanic *wigul?, *wihul? (“prophecy”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to consecrate, hallow, make holy”)). Cognate with Icelandic vél, væl (“artifice, craft, device, fraud, trick”), Dutch wijle.
Noun
wile (plural wiles)
- (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
- He was seduced by her wiles.
Synonyms
- beguilement
- allurement
Derived terms
- wileful
- wily
Related terms
- guile
Translations
Verb
wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)
- To entice or lure
Derived terms
- bewile
- outwile
Etymology 2
The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hw?len, "passing, transitory". It is also seen in whilend, "temporary, transitory". But since wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.
Verb
wile
- Misspelling of while (“to pass the time”).
- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
References
- Grammarist.com While away or wile away?
- Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away
Anagrams
- Lewi, Liew, Weil, lwei
Mapudungun
Noun
wile (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- tomorrow
Synonyms
- ule
- wvle
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English w?l, wi?le (“wile, trick”), cognate with Old Norse vél (“artifice, craft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?l(?)/
Noun
wile
- wile, trick, artifice
- a sorcerer
Derived terms
- wili
Descendants
- English: wile
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?i.l?/
Noun
wile m
- locative/vocative singular of wi?
Noun
wile f
- dative/locative singular of wi?a
Further reading
- wile in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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guile
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), from Frankish *wigila (“ruse”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with wile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
guile (countable and uncountable, plural guiles)
- (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
- Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
Translations
Verb
guile (third-person singular simple present guiles, present participle guiling, simple past and past participle guiled)
- To deceive, beguile, bewile.
Derived terms
- beguile
- guileful
- guileless
Related terms
- wile
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
guile
- Obsolete form of gold.
- Alternative form of gyle
References
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *wigila, see above
Noun
guile f (oblique plural guiles, nominative singular guile, nominative plural guiles)
- trickery; deception
Descendants
- English: guile
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (guile)
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