English

Adjective

utile ‎(comparative more utile, superlative most utile)

1. (now rare) Useful.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, 2011 Penguin edition, p. 16:

     technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets [...].

Noun

utile ‎(plural utiles)

1. (economics) A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
   • 2002, Louis Groarke, The Good Rebel: Understanding Freedom and Morality, ISBN 9780838638996, p. 29 (Google preview):

     Rational agents always maximize the number of utiles procured; that is, they will always choose those outcomes which promise to produce the most utiles.

   • 2006, "Economic Roundup Autumn 2006," www.treasury.gov.au (Australian Government Treasury) (retrieved 20 Oct 2013):

     [T]he ‘happiness utile’ does not exist, at least not yet.

Synonyms

• (unit of satisfaction): hedon, util

Related terms

• utility

Anagrams

• tuile

Esperanto

Etymology

utila +‎ -e

Adverb

utile

1. usefully

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.til/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

utile m, f ‎(plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Anagrams

• tuile

Italian

Etymology

Latin utilis

Pronunciation

• ùtile
• IPA^(key): /ˈutile/

Adjective

utile m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural utili)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Synonyms

• utilizzabile

Related terms

• usare
• utilità
• utilitario
• utilizzare
• utilmente

Anagrams

• ulite

Latin

Adjective

ūtile

1. nominative neuter singular of ūtilis
2. accusative neuter singular of ūtilis
3. vocative neuter singular of ūtilis

Middle French

Alternative forms

• util (masculine only)

Adjective

utile m, f ‎(plural utiles)

1. useful

Antonyms

• inutile

Descendants

• utile

Romanian

Adjective

utile

1. feminine plural nominative form of util
2. feminine plural accusative form of util
3. neuter plural nominative form of util
4. neuter plural accusative form of util