spille

Danish

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

  1. A music player, any device that can play music.

Declension

Verb

spille (imperative spil, infinitive at spille, present tense spiller, past tense spillede, perfect tense har spillet)

  1. to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
  2. to move one's body, or a specific part of it, back and forth.

Usage notes

The second sense sometimes has a sexual meaning, especially used to mean the stroking of a penis, see also spille pik.

Conjugation


Gothic

Romanization

spillē

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

Italian

Noun

spille f

  1. plural of spilla

Anagrams


Middle English

Etymology

From Old English spillan.

Verb

spille

  1. Alternative form of spillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spil.le/, [ˈspɪl.lə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen.

Alternative forms

Verb

spille (imperative spill, present tense spiller, passive spilles, simple past spilte, past participle spilt, present participle spillende)

  1. to play (a sport)
  2. to play (a musical instrument)
  3. spille inn (music etc.) to record (something)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse spilla

Verb

spille (inflections as above)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spilla

Verb

spille (present tense spiller, past tense spilte, past participle spilt, passive infinitive spillast, present participle spillande, imperative spill)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References

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