sil

See also: SIL, Sil, sił, síl, sìl, şil, and s'il

English

Noun

sil (uncountable)

  1. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
    • 2017, Pier Luigi Tucci, The Temple of Peace in Rome (page 278)
      Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.

Anagrams


Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

  1. (biology) milt, roe (of male fish)

Declension

Declension of sil
n22 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sil silið sil silini
accusative sil silið sil silini
dative sili silinum siljum, silum siljunum, silunum
genitive sils silsins silja siljanna

Synonyms

  • mjálki

Noun

sil n (genitive singular sils, plural sil)

  1. (botany) sap

Declension

Declension of sil
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sil silið sil silini
accusative sil silið sil silini
dative sili silinum silum silunum
genitive sils silsins sila silanna

Synonyms


Istriot

Etymology

From Latin caelum. Compare Dalmatian cil.

Noun

sil m

  1. sky

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English seal, from Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *selk, *solk (to pull) or from Finno-Ugric *šülke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sel], [sɪl]
  • Rhymes: -sel, -el

Noun

sil (Jawi spelling سيل)

  1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms


Romanian

Noun

sil.

  1. Abbreviation of silabație: syllabication

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Verb

sil (past shil, future silidh, verbal noun sileadh, past participle silte)

  1. rain, drip, shower
  2. flow, shed, ooze, dribble

Noun

sil f (genitive singular sile, plural silean)

  1. (dated) rain, trickle, shower

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

English sill.

Noun

sil m (Cyrillic spelling сил)

  1. sill (layer of igneous rock)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

sil c

  1. strainer

Declension

Declension of sil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sil silen silar silarna
Genitive sils silens silars silarnas

Tarao

Alternative forms

Noun

sil

  1. cow (animal)

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sil]

Noun

sil (plural sils)

  1. sky

Declension

Derived terms


Welsh

Etymology

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːl/

Noun

sil m or f (plural silod or silion)

  1. fry (of fish, especially salmon, trout or minnow); spawn (of fish, frogs, etc.); small fish
  2. hull, husk (of grain)

West Frisian

Alternative forms

Verb

sil

  1. shall, will (first person singular of sille)
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