stile

Meaning

Noun

1. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.
2. A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.

Verb

Obsolete form of style.

Synonyms

step

turnstile

ladder

🪜

stack

footbridge

stairs

stair

jamb

Translations

échalier

Zauntritt

turnike

στοιβάζω

σταυροειδές στροφείο

السلم

empiler

naald

stijl

overstap

entasser

σκαλοπάτι

σταυρόξυλο διοδίων

Pronounced as (IPA)

/staɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stile

Inherited from Old English: stiġel

Cognate with Dutch: stegel

Cognate with Low German: Stegel

Cognate with German: Stiegel

In summary

From Middle English stile, style, stiȝele, from Old English stiġel (“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), from Proto-West Germanic *stigilu, from Proto-Germanic *stigilō (“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent to sty (“to ascend, climb”) + -le. Cognate with Dutch stegel (“stirrup”), Low German Stegel (“stile”), German Stiegel (“stile”).