# kil
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəl/

### Adjective

kil (attributive kil, comparative kiler, superlative kilste)
* cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)
* cold-hearted, cold-blooded (Can we add an example for this sense?)

## Breton
### Noun

kil ?
* back

## Cornish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish kyl, from Old Cornish chil, from Proto-Brythonic *kil, from Proto-Celtic *kūlos. Compare Breton kil, Welsh cil.

#### Noun

kil m (plural kilyer)
* nook, recess
* back, nape, reverse

##### Derived terms

* kila (“to recede”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French quille. Compare Breton kilhoù.

#### Noun

kil m (plural kilyow or kilys)
* skittle, ninepin, bowling pin

#### References

2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.357)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪl]

### Noun

kil
* genitive plural of kilo

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːl/, [kʰiːˀl]

### Verb

kil
* imperative of kile

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɪl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kil
* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kille, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, related to Middle Dutch killen (“to be (ice) cold”).
Related also to German Low German Köle, German kühl, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur, and English chill.

#### Adjective

kil (comparative killer, superlative kilst)
* cold-hearted, cold-blooded
* cold, chilly (of temperatures, weather, etc.)

##### Derived terms

* kilheid
* kilte

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kil

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch kille, from Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).

#### Noun

kil f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)
* kill, waterway on sand flats or mud flats
* creek, rivulet

##### Alternative forms

* kille

##### Descendants

* → English: kill

### References

* ↑ “kil” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
* ↑ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Anagrams

* lik

## French
### Etymology

A clipping of kilo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kil m (plural kils)
* (slang) Synonym of kilo
* (slang) liter of wine.

### References

* “kil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Garo
### Noun

kil
* cotton

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese aquele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kel.

### Pronoun

kil
* this
* that

## Marshallese
### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [kilʲ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /kilʲ/
* Bender phonemes: {kil}

### Noun

kil (construct form kilin)
* skin

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Mokilese
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkil/

### Noun

kil
* skin

#### Possessive forms

| singular possessor | first person | first person | kilihoa |
| singular possessor | second person | second person | kilimwen |
| singular possessor | third person | third person | kilin |
| dual possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kilisa |
| dual possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kilima |
| dual possessors | second person | second person | kilimwa |
| dual possessors | third person | third person | kilira |
| plural possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kilisai |
| plural possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kilimai |
| plural possessors | second person | second person | kilimwai |
| plural possessors | third person | third person | kilirai |
| remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kilihs |
| remote plural possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kilimi |
| remote plural possessors | second person | second person | kilimwi |
| remote plural possessors | third person | third person | kilihr |
| construct form | | | kilin |

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

kil
* imperative of kile

## Old French
### Contraction

kil
* Contraction of ke + il (that he, that it)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kiel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkil/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: kil
* Homophone: Kil

### Noun

kil m inan (related adjective kilowy)
* (nautical) keel (beam along the underside of a ship's hull)
    Synonym: stępka
* (aeronautics) keel (construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course)
* (zoology) keel (periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge)

#### Derived terms

* stopy wody pod kilem

### Further reading

* kil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kil in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French kil, kilo.

### Noun

kil n (plural kile)
* kilo

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Noun

kil
* genitive dual/plural of kila

## Southwestern Dinka
### Noun

kil (plural kiɛl)
* rhinoceros

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split, crack open”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕiːl/
* Rhymes: -iːl

### Noun

kil c
* wedge
* (heraldry) pile

#### Declension
### References

* kil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* -lik, lik

## Tarao
### Noun

kil
* elbow

### References

* Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian گل (gel).

### Noun

kil (definite accusative kili, plural killer)
* clay

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Volapük
### Numeral

kil
* three

#### Derived terms

* kilüm

## Wiradjuri
### Noun

kil
* Alternative spelling of geel

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kil˧/

### Noun

kil
* corner

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40