keel

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

quille

carène

pencher

tituber

dériveur

chavirer

quille de bateau

incliner

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Kiel

quilla

kiel

chiglia

quilha

carena

καρίνα

quilla

carina

obra viva

gemi

🚢

carenare

gemi omurgası

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kiːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: kele

Hérité de moyen anglais: kelen

Hérité de ancien anglais: cēlan

Appartenant à saterlandais: käile

Appartenant à néerlandais: koelen

Appartenant à allemand: kühlen

Appartenant à danois: køle

Appartenant à islandais: kæla

Appartenant à écossais: 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.