skill

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Knowledge; understanding.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Adj

Great, excellent.

Verb

1. (transitive) To set apart; separate.
2. (dialectal, transitive) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare, transitive) To know; to understand.
4. (intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
5. (intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To make a difference; signify; matter.
7. To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/skɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: skill

Overgenomen van Oudengels: scille

Verwant aan Deens: skel

Verwant aan Zweeds: skäl

Verwant aan Nederlands: verschil

Overgenomen van Middelengels: skilen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: scilian

Verwant aan Deens: skille

Verwant aan Zweeds: skilja

Verwant aan IJslands: skilja

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: schelen

Verwant aan Nederlands: schelen

In summary

From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).

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