peil

peil

See also: Peil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch peil (“level”).

Noun

peil

1. (Japan, hydrology, in compounds) water level

   Tokyo Peil (TP); Yedogawa Peil (YP); Osaka Peil (OP)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛi̯l/

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• Hyphenation: peil
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯l
• Homophone: pijl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch peyl, a Hollandic variant of peghel, from Old Dutch pegil, from Proto-West Germanic *pagil. Doublet of pegel (“icicle”).

Noun

peil n (plural peilen, diminutive peiltje n)

1. (literally or figurative) level

Derived terms

• alarmpeil
• grondwaterpeil
• oliepeil
• peilen
• waterpeil

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peil

1. first-person singular present indicative of peilen
2. imperative of peilen

Anagrams

• leip, liep

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Verb

peil

1. singular imperative of peilen

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Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *pel, from Latin pila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɛlʲ/

Noun

peil f (genitive singular peile, nominative plural peileanna)

1. football (game, physical ball)
2. Gaelic football

Declension

Declension of peil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative peil peileanna Vocative a pheil a pheileanna Genitive peile peileanna Dative peil peileanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pheil na peileanna Genitive na peile na bpeileanna Dative leis an bpeil don pheil leis na peileanna

Synonyms

• caid
• (Gaelic football): peil Ghaelach

Derived terms

• cicpheil
• cispheil
• eitpheil
• peileadóir
• peil Mheiriceánach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peil	pheil	bpeil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.