ile

From Middle English eile, eyle, eiȝle, from Old English eġl (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agilō (“awn”). Cognate with German Egel, Achel.

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ile

1. (obsolete) An ear of corn.

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ile (plural iles)

1. Obsolete form of aisle.

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ile (plural iles)

1. Obsolete form of isle.
   • John Milton

     or spread his aerie flight / Upborn with indefatigable wings / Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive / The happy Ile

• Eli, LIE, Lei., Lie, lei, lie

ile

1. hair

• artile
• betile

• Rhymes: -iːlə

ile (imperative il, infinitive at ile, present tense iler, past tense ilede, perfect tense har ilet)

1. hurry, hasten

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ile f (plural iles)

1. Alternative spelling of île

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

Most likely from Ancient Greek εἰλεός (eileós, “colic”), from εἰλέω (eiléō, “I throng, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), same source as with Old Armenian գելում (gelum).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.le/, [ˈiː.ɫɛ]

īle n (genitive īlis); third declension

1. (anatomy) intestines, guts

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

• ile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

ile m

1. the sole of the foot

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lɛ/

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ile

1. how much, how many

   Ile to kosztuje?

   How much is it?

   Ile masz lat?

   How old are you?

   (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

2. (colloquial) how long

   Ile jeszcze będę żył?

   How long will I still live?

   Ile trwa ciąża?

   How long does pregnancy last?

• ilekolwiek
• ilekroć
• ileś
• ilodniowy
• ilometrowy
• ilomiesięczny
• iloprocentowy

• ilość

• ile in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

• ile in Polish dictionaries at PWN

ile

1. Mi class inflected form of -le.
2. N class inflected form of -le (singular only).

ile

1. with

   Arkadaşımla dışarı çıkıyorum. ― I am going out with my friend.

   Müsadenizle. ― With your permission.

ile

1. and (joining two noun phrases)

   Ateşle barut yan yana durmaz. ― Fire and gunpowder, side by side, do not last.

These usage notes apply equally to the use of ile as a postposition and as a conjunction.

The term can be used as a stand-alone word, but usually takes the form of an enclitic, that is, it is suffixed to the preceding word as -la / -yla or -le / -yle. Which form is used depends on the affixed word's dominant vowel, and whether the word ends in a vowel or a consonant.

• -le — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a consonant ending
  • kardeşin (“your brother”) — kardeşinle (“with your brother”)
  • düşünceleriniz (“your ideas”) — düşüncelerinizle (“with your ideas”)
• -yle — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a vowel ending
  • battaniye (“blanket”) — battaniyeyle (“with a/the blanket”)
  • üyeleri (“their members”) — üyeleriyle (“with their members”)
• -la — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a consonant ending
  • arkadaşım (“my friend”) — arkadaşımla (“with my friend”)
  • akrabalarımız (“our relatıves”) — akrabalarımızla (“with our relatives”)
• -yla — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a vowel ending
  • arkadaşı (“his friend”) — arkadaşıyla (“with his friend”)
  • oyuncakları (“their toys”) — oyuncaklarıyla (“with their toys”)

An apostrophe is required when suffixed to a proper noun:

• Şebnem'le
• Ali'yle
• Barış'la
• Beyza'yla

Generally, the stress in a Turkish word goes to the last syllable, but, when used as an enclitic, (y)le / (y)la is unstressed and leaves the stress of the preceding word to which it is suffixed unchanged.

In a curious exception to vowel harmony, the suffix -yla raises a preceding back vowel ı to a front vowel i. For example, the word dolayısıyla (“consequently”, “therefore”) is pronounced /dolajɯˈsijla/.

The dual role of the term can occasionally result in an ambiguity. The saying bir taşla iki kuş vurmak, literally “to hit two birds with one stone”, can (theoretically) also mean “to hit one stone and two birds”.