still

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Not moving; calm.
2. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
3. Uttering no sound; silent.
4. (not-comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
5. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
6. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
7. (dated) Dormant.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Without motion.
2. (not-comparable) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
3. (not-comparable) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
4. (conjunctive, not-comparable) Nevertheless.
5. (archaic, not-comparable, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
6. (not-comparable) Even, yet.
7. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of styll.

Noun

1. A period of calm or silence.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of still water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
3. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
4. A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
5. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

Noun

1. A device for distilling liquids.
2. A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
3. The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
4. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Verb

To calm down, to quiet.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
2. To cause to fall by drops.
3. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

Sinónimos

yet

quiet

calm

motionless

nevertheless

however

even

but

tranquil

silent

🔇

even now

also

silence

as yet

stationary

placid

motionlessly

even so

hush

again

🔁

distillery

more

noiseless

further

though

tranquilize

not yet

all the same

appease

quieten

allay

stillness

quiescent

peaceful

even though

notwithstanding

soothe

assuage

stagnant

quietly

shot

only

unmoving

fixed

as before

mute

🔇

just

and

immobile

ongoing

Traducións

encore

noch

todavía

toujours

ancora

quieto

nog

aún

still

ainda

ruhig

tuttora

calme

immer noch

quiet

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/stɪl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: stille

Herdado de Old English: stille

Relativo a escocés: stil

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: stil

Relativo a frisón occidental: stil

Relativo a neerlandés: stil

Relativo a baixo alemán: still

Relativo a alemán: still

Relativo a sueco: stilla

Relativo a islandés: stilltur

Herdado de Middle English:

Herdado de Old English: stillan

In summary

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, silent, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Frases

It seemed such a little thing , so bright and small and still .

Take shelter in this tent , but keep still .

And I still claim I was right the night I proposed .

He turned from the door and walked slowly toward the gate , still holding the keys in his hand .

Its lower end was still embedded .

Two women were still missing when the firefighters arrived .