Translingual

Alternative forms

• IL, XLIX, xlix

Abbreviation

il

1. (Internet) the Internet Top Level Domain code for Israel

Numeral

il

1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing forty-nine (49).

See also

• Previous: iil (forty-eight, 48)
• Next: l (fifty, 50)

Azeri

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jɨl.

Noun

il ‎(definite accusative ili, plural illər)

1. year

Danish

Noun

il c

1. (rare) haste, speed

Verb

il

1. imperative of ile

Faroese

Iljar ‎(“soles”).

Noun

il f (genitive singular iljar, plural iljar)

1. the sole of the foot

French

Etymology

From Middle French il, from Old French il, from Vulgar Latin *illī, which is derived from Classical Latin ille.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il/
• Homophone: île
• Rhymes: -il

Pronoun

il ‎(third-person singular, plural ils, accusative le, dative lui, emphatic lui)

1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammarically masculine objects)
3. Impersonal subject; it
   • Il pleut - It’s raining

Related terms

References

1. ↑ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “il”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Anagrams

• li

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin illum, ultimately from ille.

Article

il m sg ‎(plural i)

1. the

See also

• i, la

Icelandic

Iljar ‎(“soles”).

Etymology

From Old Norse il, from Proto-Germanic *iljō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl

Noun

il f ‎(genitive singular iljar, nominative plural iljar)

1. the sole of the foot

   Honum sagðist vera illt í ilinni.‎

   He said his sole hurt.

Declension

Derived terms

• frá hvirfli til ilja

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il/

Pronoun

il ‎(plural ili, possessive ilua, possessive plural ilui)

1. apocopic form of ilu; he, him

Interlingua

Pronoun

il

1. personal pronoun used with impersonal verbs

   Il ha multe arbores illac.‎

   There are many trees there.

Usage notes

Optional.

Italian

Etymology

From the older form lo, via an intermediate form l, from Latin illum, ultimately from ille. The initial i is a svarabhakti vowel added to the form l in order to make the pronunciation easier.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /il/

Article

il m sg ‎(plural i)

1. the

References

1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, pages 123, 124

Anagrams

• li, lì

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic اَل ‎(al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪl/

Article

il

1. the

Usage notes

• Before the letters ċ, d, n, r, s, t, x, ż and z the l assimilates, resulting in the following forms:
  • iċ-, id-, in-, ir-, is-, it-, ix-, iz- and iż-

• This word (in all forms) connects to the following word with a hyphen

  il-mara (the woman)

  il-futur (the future)

  ix-xemx (the sun)

• The initial i is dropped before and after vowels

  l-iben (the son)

  rajna l-film (we saw the film)

  tax-xemx (of the sun)

  • ċ-, d-, n-, r-, s-, t-, x-, z- and ż-

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French il.

Pronoun

il m

1. he
2. it (impersonal, or referring to an unknown person)

Descendants

• French: il

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illī, from Latin ille.

Pronoun

il

1. he (third-person masculine singular subject pronoun)
2. they (third-person masculine plural subject pronoun)
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     S'il vos poent ataindre, ja vos areient tué.

     If they could range you, they would have already killed you.

Descendants

• Middle French: il
  • French: il

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hil

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-; cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 ‎(filu, “much”), Ancient Greek πολύς ‎(polús, “much”), Sanskrit पुरु ‎(puru, “much”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [il]

Adjective

il

1. much, many (usually as the first member of a compound, usually governs a plural noun)

   cosin taidbse il – "with much ostentation"

   Is amlid do·rigéni Dia corp duini ó il-ballaib. – "Thus God has made man's body of many members."

   Is ferr precept oldaas labrad il-béelre. – "Preaching is better than speaking many languages."

   trissam mrechtrad inna n-il-briathar – "through the variation of the many words"

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ilar
• ildae

Mutation

Swedish

Noun

il c

1. (archaic) gust; a strong, abrupt rush of wind
2. (archaic) hurry

Declension

Turkish

Noun

il

1. province

Synonyms

• vilayet

Tzotzil

Alternative forms

• 'il

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔil/

Verb

il

1. (transitive) to see

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.