quilha

Occitan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ʎɒ/
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Noun

quilha f (plural quilhas)

  1. skittle
  2. (nautical) keel

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ʎɐ/

  • Rhymes: -iʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: qui‧lha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French quille (“keel”),[1][2] from Old Norse kilir, plural of kjǫlr (“keel”), from Proto-Germanic *keluz. Cognate with English keel.

Noun

quilha f (plural quilhas)

  1. (nautical) keel (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quilha

  1. inflection of quilhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. “quilha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “quilha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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