keel

See also: Keel

English

1. Keel (light peach) 2. Skeg (dark purple) 3. Deadwood (olive drab) 4. Stern post (forest green) 5. Filling chock (bright yellow) 6. Filling transoms (pale yellow-green) 7. Wing transom (turquoise) 8. Helm port (orange) 9. Counter timbers (pale violet) 10. Margin (indigo) 11. Horn timber (green) 12. Stern timbers (apricot) 13. Side-counter timbers (pale yellow) 14. Quarter-timbers (red) 15. Fashion timber (fuchsia) 16. Cant frames (blue) 17. Square body frames (uncolored)

Etymology 1

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kiːl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

keel (plural keels)

(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
(aeronautics) In a dirigible, a 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.
(by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
Coordinate term: bummock
- 1975, Nathaniel Bowditch, American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation, page 834:
  The most important ice features are the frequency and extent of downward projections (bummocks and ice keels) from the underside of the ice canopy (pack ice and enclosed water areas from the point of view of the submariner) […]
- 1986, Environmental Studies Revolving Funds (Canada); C. F. M. Lewis; Federal Panel on Energy Research and Development (Canada); Gulf Canada Resources Inc; Ice Scour Workshop (1985 : Calgary, Alta.), Ice Scour and Seabed Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop on Ice Scour Research:
  Bill Roggensack, EBA Engineering Ltd.: So at the end of this particular simulation, presumably the keel of the iceberg is in contact with the seabed? / Chris Woodworth-Lynas: It is just in contact with the seabed.
- 2021 September 30, Kenneth Andrus, Arctic Menace, Babylon Books, →ISBN:
  Would he be able to break through the surface ice or would they ram into an ice keel extending down from the bottom of the ice pack that would rip their craft open like a mere sardine can?
(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
(zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
(botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- 1985, Charles L. Scott, The Genus Haworthia (Liliaceae): A Taxonomic Revision (page 80)
  Vegetatively it is the nearest to H. translucens with its oblong-lanceolate leaves, with the margins and keel beset with pellucid teeth, but it differs and is characterised by the greyish-black quadrantly positioned globose flowers; […]

Derived terms

Terms derived from keel (noun)

even keel
keelful
keelhaul
keel over
off keel
on keel

Translations

beam along the underside of a ship’s hull

Albanian: kallumë (sq) f
Bulgarian: кил m (kil)
Catalan: quilla (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龍骨／龙骨 (zh) (lónggǔ)
Czech: kýl m
Danish: køl (da) c
Dutch: kiel (nl) f
Finnish: köli (fi)
French: quille (fr) f
Galician: quilla (gl) f
Georgian: კილი (ḳili), გემის ხერხემალი (gemis xerxemali)
German: Kiel (de) m
Hebrew: שדרית‎ (he) f (shidrít), שִׁדְרָה‎ (he) f (shidrah)
Italian: carena (it) f, chiglia (it) f
Japanese: 竜骨 (りゅうこつ, ryūkotsu)
Korean: 용골 (yonggol)
Latin: carīna
Low German:
German Low German: kyl m
Maori: takere
Norman: tchelle f
Occitan: quilha (oc)
Old English: cēol
Old Saxon: kiol
Polish: stępka (pl) f, kil (pl) m
Portuguese: quilha (pt)
Russian: киль (ru) m (kilʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кобилица f
Roman: kobilica (sh) f
Slovene: gredelj
Spanish: quilla (es) f
Swedish: köl (sv) c
Thai: กระดูกงู (th) (grà-dùuk-nguu)
Turkish: omurga (tr), gemi omurgası, karina (tr)
Volapük: kuil, kuil nafa, nafakuil
Welsh: cêl (cy) m

rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability

Bulgarian: кил m (kil)
Catalan: quilla (ca) f
Dutch: kiel (nl) f
Estonian: kiil (et)
Finnish: köli (fi)
German: Kiel (de) m, Schwert (de) n
Hebrew: שדרן‎ (he) f (shidran)
Italian: deriva (it) f
Norwegian: kjøl
Russian: киль (ru) m (kilʹ)
Spanish: quilla (es) f
Swedish: köl (sv)
Turkish: salma (tr)

a type of flat-bottomed boat

Bulgarian: шлеп (bg) m (šlep)
Japanese: キール (kīru), 艀 (ja) (はしけ, hashike)

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

(intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall
He keeled over after having a stroke.
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Derived terms

keel over

Translations

collapse, fall

Bulgarian: преобръщам се (preobrǎštam se)
Greek: καταρρέω (el) (katarréo), σωριάζομαι (el) (soriázomai)

Etymology 2

From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”).

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

(transitive, obsolete) To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)
(transitive, obsolete) To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
(intransitive, obsolete) To become cool; cool down.

Derived terms

keeler

Noun

keel (plural keels)

(brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

Etymology 3

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

Noun

keel

(Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

(Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.

Etymology 4

Compare Scots kele, keil, keill (“to put to death, kill”).

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

Pronunciation spelling of kill.

Anagrams

Kele, Leek, elke, leek, lekë

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch keel, from Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɪə̯l/
Audio (file)

Noun

keel (plural kele)

throat

Derived terms

keelgat
keelseer

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keːl/, [keːɫ]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: keel
Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kēle, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.

Noun

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

throat
Synonym: hals

Derived terms

baard in de keel
keelgat
keelpijn

Descendants

Afrikaans: keel
Negerhollands: keel

Etymology 2

From French gueule (“red throat of wild animals”), from Old French goles, plural of gole (“throat”), from Latin gula. Distantly related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

keel n (uncountable)

(heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red

Anagrams

leek, leke

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognate with Finnish kieli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkeːl/, [ˈkeːl]

Noun

keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

language
tongue
string of musical instrument

Declension

Inflection of keel (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	keel	keeled
accusative	keele	keeled
genitive	keele	keelte
partitive	keelt	keeli
illative	keelde keelesse	keeltesse keelisse
inessive	keeles	keeltes keelis
elative	keelest	keeltest keelist
allative	keelele	keeltele keelile
adessive	keelel	keeltel keelil
ablative	keelelt	keeltelt keelilt
translative	keeleks	keelteks keeliks
terminative	keeleni	keelteni
essive	keelena	keeltena
abessive	keeleta	keelteta
comitative	keelega	keeltega

Derived terms

emakeel
keeleluu
keeleteadus
keeleõpe
keelkond
kirjakeel
kõnekeel
röövlikeel
võõrkeel

Noun

keel

adessive singular of kee

Noun

keel

adessive singular of kesi

Ingrian

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːl/, [ˈkeːlʲ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːl/, [ˈke̝ːl]

Rhymes: -eːl

Hyphenation: keel

Noun

keel

Alternative form of keeli

Declension

Declension of keel (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	keel	keelet
genitive	keelen	keeliin, keelilöin
partitive	keeltä, keelt	keeliä, keelilöjä
illative	keelee	keelii, keelilöihe
inessive	keelees	keeliis, keelilöis
elative	keelest	keelist, keelilöist
allative	keelelle	keelille, keelilöille
adessive	keeleel	keeliil, keelilöil
ablative	keelelt	keelilt, keelilöilt
translative	keeleks	keeliks, keelilöiks
essive	keelennä, keeleen	keelinnä, keelilöinnä, keeliin, keelilöin
exessive¹⁾	keelent	keelint, keelilöint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 162
Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 33

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *keel, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *keel.

Noun

keel

goat

References

Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

keel

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Etymology 2

Verb

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Noun

Etymology 3

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Etymology 4

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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Noun

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

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Estonian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Further reading

Noun

Noun

Ingrian

Pronunciation

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Declension

References

Tedim Chin

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