kille

kille

1. not

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.lə/
• Hyphenation: kil‧le
• Rhymes: -ɪlə
• Homophone: Kille

Borrowed from Yiddish קהילה‎ (kehile, “(Jewish) community”), from Hebrew קְהִלָּה‎ (k'hillá, “congregation”).

kille f (plural killes, diminutive killetje n)

1. (Judaism) organized Jewish community.

• kehille

• kehilla (from Hebrew)

kille f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

1. Alternative form of kil

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kille

1. inflection of killen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪlːə/

kille f

1. riverbed, channel

• Dutch: kil

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kille”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Attested since 1924.[1] From dialectal kille (“goat kid, small boy”), originally diminutive to kid (“fawn, originally also goat kid”). See also killing (“goat kid”) which also is a dimunitive of kid.

• IPA^(key): /²kɪlɛ/

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kille c

1. (informal) Boy, lad.

   En liten kille kom in i affären för att köpa godis.

   A small boy came into the store to buy candy.

   Synonyms: gosse, grabb, pojke, (dialectal) påg, (dialectal, slang) kis

2. (informal) A (younger) adult male person; guy, bloke.

   Det gick precis förbi några unga killar i 30-årsåldern.

   Some young guys in their 30s just went by.

   Synonym: snubbe

3. (informal) boyfriend

   Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.

   My boyfriend and I are getting married soon.

   Synonym: pojkvän

Attested since 1834.[2] From harlekin, from French Herlequin, Hellequin, from Old English Herla (from Proto-West Germanic *erl (“earl”)) cyning (from *kuning (“king”)).

• IPA^(key): /²kɪlɛ/, /²ɕɪlɛ/

kille c

1. A card game equivalent to gnav.

   Harlekin är det högsta kortet i kille.

   The Harlequin is the highest ranking card in gnav.

• kille in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)