keel

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
4. (broadly) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
5. A type of flat-bottomed boat.
6. The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
7. The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to collapse, to fall
2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become cool; cool down.

Verb

To mark with ruddle.

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of kill.

Conceptos

quilla

obra viva

vacilar

ladear

Quilla

titubear

inclinar

Sinónimos

careen

stagger

swag

lurch

reel

capsize

sway

oscillate

overturn

ship

🚢

slant

slipcover

slope

stocks

stumble

teeter

tilt

tip over

topple

totter

turn over

upset

carina

turn inside out

base

keel of a boat

bilge keel

bottom

edge

flounder

incline

invert

Traducciones

Kiel

kiel

quille

chiglia

quilha

carena

carène

καρίνα

quilla

carina

gemi

🚢

carenare

gemi omurgası

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kiːl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: kele

Heredado de inglés medio: kelen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: cēlan

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: käile

Cognado con neerlandés: koelen

Cognado con alemán: kühlen

Cognado con danés: køle

Cognado con islandés: kæla

Cognado con escocés: kele

In summary

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.