hilt

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
2. The base of the penis.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with a hilt.
2. (transitive) To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

Concepts

poignée

manche

garde

💂

oreille

👂

quillon

anse

Quillon

crosse

Synonymes

handle

haft

grip

helve

knob

shaft

sword-hilt

stock

hand lever

manubrium

having a handle

bail

colter arm

gripe

handgrip

hold

holder

keeper

petiole

Traductions

λαβή

Griff

empuñadura

mango

elsa

heft

impugnatura

punho

✊

empunhadura

kabza

Heft

📓

puño

✊

cabo

empunyadura

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɪlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hilt

Hérité de ancien anglais: hilt

Appartenant à vieux norrois: hjalt

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: helza

Appartenant à Old Saxon: helta

In summary

From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt).