keel

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• UK: /kiːl/
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• CMU ARPABET: K IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile.

From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”).

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

Compare Scots kele, keil, keill (“to put to death, kill”).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kallumë — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Bulgarian: кил (kil) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Catalan: quilla — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍骨 /龙骨 (lónggǔ) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Czech: kýl — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Danish: køl — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Dutch: kiel — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Finnish: köli — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• French: quille — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Galician: quilla — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Georgian: კილი (ḳili) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Georgian: გემის ხერხემალი (gemis xerxemali) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• German: Kiel — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Hebrew: שדרית (shidrít) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Hebrew: שִׁדְרָה (shidrah) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Ingrian: emäpuu — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Ingrian: antura — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Ingrian: kili — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Italian: carena — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Italian: chiglia — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Japanese: 竜骨 (ryūkotsu) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Korean: 용골 (yonggol) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Latin: carīna — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Low German: kyl — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Macedonian: кобилица (kobilica) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Malay: lunas — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Māori: takere — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Norman: tchelle — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Occitan: quilha — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Old English: cēol — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Old Saxon: kiol — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Persian: شاهتیر (šāhtir) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Polish: stępka — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Polish: kil — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Portuguese: quilha — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Romanian: chilă — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Russian: киль (kilʹ) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Serbo-Croatian: кобилица — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Serbo-Croatian: kobilica — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Slovene: gredelj — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Spanish: quilla — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Swedish: köl — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Tagalog: lunas — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Tagalog: kilya — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Thai: กระดูกงู (grà-dùuk-nguu) — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Turkish: omurga — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Turkish: gemi omurgası — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Turkish: karina — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Volapük: kuil — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Volapük: kuil nafa — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Volapük: nafakuil — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Welsh: cêl — beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
• Bulgarian: кил (kil) — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Catalan: quilla — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Dutch: kiel — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Estonian: kiil — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Finnish: köli — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• German: Kiel — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• German: Schwert — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Hebrew: שדרן (shidran) — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Italian: deriva — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Macedonian: кобилица (kobilica) — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Norwegian: kjøl — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Polish: stępka — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Polish: kil — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Russian: киль (kilʹ) — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Spanish: quilla — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Swedish: köl — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Turkish: salma — rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
• Bulgarian: шлеп (šlep) — a type of flat-bottomed boat
• Japanese: キール (kīru) — a type of flat-bottomed boat
• Japanese: 艀 (hashike) — a type of flat-bottomed boat
• Polish: łódź kilowa — a type of flat-bottomed boat
• Polish: łódeczka — petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower
• Russian: лодочка (lodočka) — petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower
• Russian: киль (kilʹ) — petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower
• Bulgarian: преобръщам се (preobrǎštam se) — collapse, fall
• Greek: καταρρέω (katarréo) — collapse, fall
• Greek: σωριάζομαι (soriázomai) — collapse, fall
• Polish: wywracać się — collapse, fall
• Polish: wywrócić się — collapse, fall
• Polish: przewracać się — collapse, fall
• Polish: przewrócić się — collapse, fall