spil

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === Derived from Middle Low German spil. ==== Noun ==== spil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil) A game. A box of equipment and such used for a game. A specific part of a game, such as a round or level. Conditions or limits of a game. A sport. An instance resulting in the play of a sport, such as a result of who won or lost. The act of playing music, singing. Parts of a body being used in a fast manner. A reflex, often a seizure. A theatrical performance featuring actors, a play. An actor's improvisation. indefinite plural of spil ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== brætspil (“board game”) === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German spille, from Old High German spinnil. ==== Noun ==== spil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil) A winch. ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 3 === See spile. ==== Verb ==== spil imperative of spile === Etymology 4 === See spille. ==== Verb ==== spil imperative of spille === Anagrams === pils, pils' == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch spille, from Old Dutch spilla. Equivalent to spinnen +‎ -el. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɪl/ Hyphenation: spil Rhymes: -ɪl === Noun === spil f (plural spillen, diminutive spilletje n) an axis Synonym: as a key figure (soccer) a central midfielder 1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6. Synonym: mid-mid ==== Derived terms ==== spilfiguur ==== Related terms ==== spindel ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: spil == Icelandic == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse spil (Old West Norse/Old Icelandic), found in Skáld-Helga rímur (15th c.), Borrowed from Middle Low German spil, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“game”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈspɪːl] Rhymes: -ɪːl === Noun === spil n (genitive singular spils, nominative plural spil) game (with some sort of equipment such as playing cards or a board, usually not on a large scale) playing card (uncountable) play, playing (the act of playing, also music) winch, windlass ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “spil” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) === Anagrams === pils == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English spillan. ==== Verb ==== spil alternative form of spillen === Etymology 2 === From spilen or an Old English *spil. ==== Noun ==== spil alternative form of spile == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === spil m or f (definite singular spilen or spila, indefinite plural spilar or spiler, definite plural spilane or spilene) alternative form of spile === Verb === spil imperative of spile === Anagrams === pils, slip == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spil/ === Verb === spil singular imperative of spillan == Papiamentu == === Etymology === Derived from Portuguese espelho. === Noun === spil mirror