tile

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /taɪl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ.əl/ Rhymes: -aɪl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tile, tyle, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tieġle, tiġle, tiġele (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tegula. ==== Noun ==== tile (plural tiles) A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. (computing) A rectangular graphic. Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. (dated, informal) A stiff hat. 1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song Dressed in style, brand-new tile, And your father's old green tie on. (Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bengali: টালি (ṭali) → Japanese: タイル (tairu) → Korean: 타일 (tail) → Nepali: टाइल (ṭāil) → Odia: ଟାଇଲ୍ (ṭāil) → Welsh: teils ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled) (transitive) To cover with tiles. (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). (computing theory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. (Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people. ===== Derived terms ===== tiler ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See tiler (“doorkeeper at a Masonic lodge”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tyle ==== Verb ==== tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. === See also === Tile Hill === Anagrams === -lite, IELT, Tiel, lite, teil, tiel == Bambara == === Noun === tìlé sun day, daytime, the heat of the day epoch, era ==== Derived terms ==== == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === tile m (genitive singular tile, nominative plural tilí) (nautical, literary) board, plank (of boat) (nautical) sheets poop ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ráille tile (“poop-rail”) tile tosaigh (“fore-sheet”) tile deiridh (“stern-sheet”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “tile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “tile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈti.le/ === Adjective === tile inflection of til: strong accusative feminine singular strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural weak nominative feminine/neuter singular weak accusative neuter singular == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Noun === tile locative singular of tila (“sesame”) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Pipil tlilli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtile/ [ˈt̪i.le] Rhymes: -ile Syllabification: ti‧le === Noun === tile m (plural tiles) (El Salvador, Honduras) soot Synonyms: hollín, negrumo (poetic, Honduras) darkness Synonym: oscuridad === Adjective === tile m or f (masculine and feminine plural tiles) (colloquial, Honduras) hard, complicated Synonyms: dipisil, complicado === Further reading === “tile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “tile”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010