"kiel" meaning in Esperanto

See kiel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ˈkiel]
Rhymes: -iel Etymology: From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -el (“correlative suffix of manner or degree”). Head templates: {{head|eo|adverb}} kiel
  1. how Derived forms: kielo () (english: manner), kiel vi fartas () (english: How are you?)
    Sense id: en-kiel-eo-adv-gESq4fho Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 32 53 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 30 23 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 30 23 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto GCSE0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 0 0 0 0

Conjunction

IPA: [ˈkiel]
Rhymes: -iel Etymology: From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -el (“correlative suffix of manner or degree”). Head templates: {{eo-head|pos=conjunctions}} kiel
  1. how (relative correlative of manner or degree)
    Sense id: en-kiel-eo-conj-qx-LCg9G Categories (other): Esperanto correlatives, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto prepositions Disambiguation of Esperanto correlatives: 13 81 6 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 32 53 16 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 9 25 35 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto GCSE0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 0 0 0 0

Preposition

IPA: [ˈkiel]
Rhymes: -iel Etymology: From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -el (“correlative suffix of manner or degree”). Head templates: {{head|eo|preposition}} kiel
  1. as (in a "tiel... kiel..." phrase)
    Sense id: en-kiel-eo-prep-TwVC2mu9 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto prepositions Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 32 53 16 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 9 25 35 31
  2. like
    Sense id: en-kiel-eo-prep-yrJkSCi8 Categories (other): Esperanto prepositions Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 9 25 35 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kiel ajn (english: however)
Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1, Esperanto GCSE0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE0: 0 0 0 0 Related terms: kia, tia, ia, ĉia, nenia, kial, tial, ial, ĉial, nenial, kiam, tiam, iam, ĉiam, neniam, kie, tie, ie, ĉie, nenie, kien, tien, ien, ĉien, nenien, tiel, iel, ĉiel, neniel, kies, ties, ies, ĉies, nenies, kio, tio, io, ĉio, nenio, kiom, tiom, iom, ĉiom, neniom, kiu, tiu, iu, ĉiu, neniu
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      "word": "tiel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "iel"
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      "word": "ĉiel"
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      "word": "kiom"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "iom"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ĉiom"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kiu"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "iu"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "text": "Mi ne estas tiel alta kiel la plimulto de svedaj knabinoj, sed mi estas blonda kaj havas bluajn okulojn, kaj en miaj vejnoj certe fluas la sango de la Vikingoj — maltrankvila kaj vojaĝema mi estas.",
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          "english": "They appeared like silver pyramids swimming over gilded clouds.",
          "text": "Ili aperis kiel arĝentaj piramidoj naĝantaj sur orumitaj nuboj.",
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        {
          "english": "The men generally wear thin jackets but, like the women, do not wear shoes.",
          "text": "La viroj surhavas ĝenerale maldikan jakon sed, kiel la virinoj, ne uzas ŝuojn.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈkiel]"
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      "rhymes": "-iel"
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          "english": "How happy you are, Swedes, that you do not know the terror of war.",
          "text": "Kiel feliĉaj estas vi, Svedoj, ke vi ne konas la terurojn de la milito.",
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          "english": "How I met your mother.",
          "text": "Kiel mi renkontis vian patrinon.",
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      "word": "ĉiel"
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      "word": "tiom"
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      "word": "iom"
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      "word": "ĉiom"
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    {
      "word": "neniom"
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    {
      "word": "kiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiu"
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        {
          "english": "I am not as tall as the majority of Swedish girls, but I am blond and have blue eyes, and in my veins certainly flows the blood of the Vikings — I am restless and inclined to travel.",
          "text": "Mi ne estas tiel alta kiel la plimulto de svedaj knabinoj, sed mi estas blonda kaj havas bluajn okulojn, kaj en miaj vejnoj certe fluas la sango de la Vikingoj — maltrankvila kaj vojaĝema mi estas.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "The men generally wear thin jackets but, like the women, do not wear shoes.",
          "text": "La viroj surhavas ĝenerale maldikan jakon sed, kiel la virinoj, ne uzas ŝuojn.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiel]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiel"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Esperanto dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.