# kile
## English
### Etymology

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- (“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”). See also keel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɪl/
* Rhymes: -aɪl
* Homophones: chyle, kyle, Kyle

### Noun

kile (plural kiles)
* An ulcer; sore.

### Anagrams

* -like, Kiel, Like, liek, like

## Breton
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Noun

kile ?
* associate, colleague, sidekick, stooge

### Further reading

* https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2023/08/17/ceilidh-companions/

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪlɛ]

### Noun

kile
* locative singular of kilo

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːlə/, [ˈkʰiːlə]

### Noun

kile c (singular definite kilen, plural indefinite kiler)
* wedge
* gusset

#### Inflection
### Verb

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

### Further reading

* “kile” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* quile (Súlat Bacúlud)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiray

### Noun

kilé
* eyebrow

## Kumak
### Etymology

From French clé.

### Noun

kile
* key

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kil; compare with German Keil. The verb is derived from the noun.

#### Noun

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kiler, definite plural kilene)
* a wedge or chock

#### Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)
* (transitive) to wedge

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

#### Alternative forms

* kisle, kitle

#### Verb

kile (present tense kiler, past tense kilte, past participle kilt)
* (transitive, intransitive) to tickle

### References

* “kile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German kil.

### Noun

kile m (definite singular kilen, indefinite plural kilar, definite plural kilane)
* a wedge or chock

### References

* “kile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkilɛ/
* Rhymes: -ilɛ
* Syllabification: ki‧le

### Noun

kile f
* dative/locative singular of kiła

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kile (Cyrillic spelling киле)
* inflection of kila:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkilɛ/

### Noun

kile
* locative singular of kilo

## Slovene
### Noun

kile
* inflection of kila:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

kile
* Ki class inflected form of -le.

## Tatar
### Noun

kile
* mortar