teil

See also: Teil

English

Alternative forms

til

Etymology

From Old French teil, til, from Latin tilia.

Noun

teil (plural teils)

The lime tree, or linden.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for teil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

-lite, IELT, Tiel, lite, tiel, tile

Dutch

Alternative forms

teel (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch têle, teile, from Old Dutch tēla, *teila, from earlier tegela, and therefore a doublet of tegel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛi̯l/
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Hyphenation: teil
Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Noun

teil f (plural teilen, diminutive teiltje n)

tub, basin (wide vessel with generally a larger volume than a bucket)
- 1964, The Lighttown Skiffle Group, "Doe 't maar in een emmertje", on Hé zusje - Doe 't maar in een emmertje.
  Wij drinken nooit uit glaasjes / Dat is beneden peil / Doe 't maar in een emmertje / Doe 't maar in een teil
  We never drink out of glasses / That is below our level / Just put it in a bucket / Just put it in a tub
Synonym: tobbe
tray or pot used for serving a dish

Derived terms

badteil
wasteil

Estonian

Noun

teil

adessive plural of tee

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

teil

singular imperative of teilen

Kriol

Etymology

From English tail.

Noun

teil

tail (appendage of an animal)

Middle English

Noun

teil

Alternative form of tayl

Veps

Pronoun

teil

adessive of tö

Noun

teil

adessive plural of te

Yola

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English tayllen (“to cut, trim”).

Verb

teil

to ail
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Fade teil.
  What ails.

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 71 & 84