kile

From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

kile (plural kiles)

1. An ulcer; sore.

• -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

• IPA^(key): /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)

1. wedge
2. gusset

kile (imperative kil, infinitive at kile, present tense kiler, past tense kilede, perfect tense har kilet)

1. wedge

From French clé.

kile

1. key

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil.

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)

1. a wedge or chock

From the noun (sense 1); and Old Norse kitla (sense 2)

kile (imperative kil, present tense kiler, passive kiles, simple past kilte, past participle kilt, present tense kilende)

1. to wedge (something)
2. to tickle (transitive / intransitive)

• “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German kil

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)

1. a wedge or chock

• “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲi.lɛ/

kile f

1. inflection of kiła:
   1. dative singular
   2. locative singular

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilɛ/

kile

1. locative singular of kilo

kile

1. Ki class inflected form of -le.

kile

1. mortar