zuil

1. (feminine) pillar, support
2. (feminine, historical) pillar, institutional subgrouping of society along ideological or religious lines

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zœy̯l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: suul

Inherited from Old Dutch: sūl

Cognate with English: sile

In summary

From Middle Dutch suul, from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz. Cognate with English sile.

Concepts

pillar

column

pile

shaft

Synonyms

kolom

pilaar

colonne

steunpilaar

paal

els

priem

pijler

Translations

Säule

pilier

colonne

Kolumne

Spalte

columna

pile

file

kolumna

columna

colonna

pilastro

κίωνας

κολώνα

Pfeiler