"chyle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chyle.wav Forms: chyles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: From French, from Late Latin chȳlus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|LL.|chȳlus}} Late Latin chȳlus, {{der|en|grc|χυλός||animal or plant juice}} Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chyle (countable and uncountable, plural chyles)
  1. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Translations (digestive fluid): quil [masculine] (Catalan), 乳糜 (jyu⁵ mei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 乳糜 (rǔmí) (Chinese Mandarin), ĥilo (Esperanto), maitiaisneste (Finnish), chyle [masculine] (French), bélnyirok (Hungarian), chilo [masculine] (Italian), 乳糜 (nyūbi) (alt: にゅうび) (Japanese), quil [masculine] (Occitan), quilo [masculine] (Portuguese), ၶီႈၼုမ်ႇ (khīi nùm) (Shan), quilo [masculine] (Spanish), น้ำเหลืองไขมันปน (Thai)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chyle.wav Forms: chyles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl Head templates: {{en-noun}} chyle (plural chyles)
  1. Alternative form of chile (pronunciation spelling of "child") Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chile (extra: pronunciation spelling of "child")
    Sense id: en-chyle-en-noun-KA2368X5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Alternative form of chile (pronunciation spelling of \"child\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chile",
          "chile#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɪl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chyle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chyle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chyle.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chyle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chyle.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kile"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kyle"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Kyle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chyle"
}

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