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)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛi̯l/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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. (literal or figurative) level
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peil

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paɪl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Verb

peil

  1. singular imperative of peilen

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

Derived terms

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.
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