ilk

Meaning

Adj

Very; same.

Noun

A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Synonyms

kind

sort

breed

genus

like

species

gene

genre

stripe

idle

issue

kin

description

type

race

same

sex

👉👌

brood

variety

stamp

stock

strain

family

👪

form

gender

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪlk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).
The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.