"kile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kaɪl/ Forms: kiles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|kile}} Middle English kile, {{der|en|non|kýli||boil}} Old Norse kýli (“boil”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kūlǭ}} Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gewl-||vessel, bowl, ball}} Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gew-||to bend, curve, vault}} Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”), {{cog|is|kýli||wen, boil}} Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), {{cog|sv|kula||boil, bulge; pit}} Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), {{cog|da|kule||boil, bump; pit}} Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), {{cog|de|Keule||club}} German Keule (“club”), {{cog|de|Kuhle||hollow}} German Kuhle (“hollow”), {{cog|nl|kuil||pit, hole}} Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kile (plural kiles)
  1. An ulcer; sore.
    Sense id: en-kile-en-noun-v9A2WjbN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "da",
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    },
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        "1": "de",
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          "ulcer",
          "ulcer"
        ],
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "Kyle"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    }
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}

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