Translingual

Abbreviation

Ile

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of isoleucine

English

Contraction

Ile

1. Obsolete spelling of I'll

English

Noun

ile

1. (obsolete) Ear of corn.

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Etymology 2

See aisle.

Noun

ile

1. (obsolete) An aisle.

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Etymology 3

See isle.

Noun

ile

1. (obsolete) An isle.

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Etymology 4

See I'll.

Contraction

ile

1. (archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall
   • "Why then Ile fit you." — T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

Anagrams

• Eli
• lei
• lie, LIE

Basque

Noun

ile

1. hair

Derived terms

• artile
• betile

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːlə

Verb

ile ‎(imperative il, infinitive at ile, present tense iler, past tense ilede, perfect tense har ilet)

1. hurry, hasten

French

Noun

ile f ‎(plural iles)

1. Alternative spelling of île

Latin

Etymology

Most likely from Ancient Greek εἰλεός ‎(eileós, “colic”), from εἰλέω ‎(eiléō, “I throng, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‎(“to turn, wind, round”), same source as with Old Armenian գելում ‎(gelum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.le/, [ˈiː.ɫɛ]

Noun

īle n ‎(genitive īlis); third declension

1. (anatomy) intestines, guts

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Derived terms

• īliacus

Descendants

• Albanian: ijë
• French: iles
• Romanian: ie

References

• ile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ile”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lɛ/

Pronoun

ile

1. how much, how many

   Ile to kosztuje?‎

   How much is it?

   Ile masz lat?‎

   How old are you?

Declension

Derived terms

• ilekolwiek
• ilekroć
• ileś
• ilodniowy
• ilometrowy
• ilomiesięczny
• iloprocentowy

Related terms

• ilość

Swahili

Adjective

ile

1. Mi class inflected form of -le.
2. N class inflected form of -le (singular only).

Turkish

Conjunction

ile

1. with

   Arkadaşımla dışarı çıkıyorum.‎

   I am going out with my friend.

2. and

   Ateşle barut yan yana durmaz.‎

   The fire and the gunpowder don't stand nearby.

Usage notes

Generally suffixed to words as -la / -yla or -le / -yle. Which form is used depends on the affixed word's dominant vowel, and whether the word ends in a vowel or a consonant.

• -le — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a consonant ending
  • kardeşin ‎(“your brother”) — kardeşinle ‎(“with your brother”)
  • düşünceleriniz ‎(“your ideas”) — düşüncelerinizle ‎(“with your ideas”)
• -yle — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a vowel ending
  • battaniye ‎(“blanket”) — battaniyeyle ‎(“with a/the blanket”)
  • üyeleri ‎(“their members”) — üyeleriyle ‎(“with their members”)
• -la — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a consonant ending
  • arkadaşım ‎(“my friend”) — arkadaşımla ‎(“with my friend”)
  • akrabalarımız ‎(“our relatıves”) — akrabalarımızla ‎(“with our relatives”)
• -yla — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a vowel ending
  • arkadaşı ‎(“his friend”) — arkadaşıyla ‎(“with his friend”)
  • oyuncakları ‎(“their toys”) — oyuncaklarıyla ‎(“with their toys”)

An apostrophe is required with proper nouns:

• Şebnem'le
• Ali'yle
• Barış'la
• Beyza'yla