quille

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kij/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French quille, borrowed from Middle High German kegel, from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, stake, peg, cone”).

Noun

quille f (plural quilles)

skittle
(colloquial) pin, peg (leg)
(military slang) demob
(juggling) club

Derived terms

boule de quille

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kilir, plural of kjǫlr (“keel”), from Proto-Germanic *keluz.

Noun

quille f (plural quilles)

(nautical) keel

Descendants

→ Portuguese: quilha

Further reading

“quille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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