Ilk in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ilk

You can make 3 words from 'ilk' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ilk'
• 2 letters words from 'ilk'

3 letters words from 'ilk'

ILK 7

2 letters words from 'ilk'

KI 6

LI 2

Definitions and meaning of ilk

ilk

Alternative forms

• ilke

Etymology

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”). Akin to Dutch lichaam, or lijk, body, death 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’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪlk/
• Rhymes: -ɪlk

Adjective

ilk (not comparable)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) Very; same.

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Usage notes

Used following a person’s name to show that he lives in a place of the same name, eg Johnstone of that ilk means Johnstone of Johnstone.

Noun

ilk (plural ilks)

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
   • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 25

     "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago […]

   • 1931, Ogden Nash, The Cow:

     The cow is of the bovine ilk;

     One end is moo, the other, milk.

Usage notes

• In modern use, ilk is used in phrases such as of his ilk, of that ilk, to mean ‘type’ or ‘sort.’ It often, though not necessarily, has negative connotations. The use arose out of a misunderstanding of the earlier, Scottish use in the phrase of that ilk, where it means ‘of the same name or place.’ For this reason, some traditionalists regard the modern use as incorrect. It is, however, the only common current use and is now part of standard English.

Synonyms

• kind
• likes
• sort
• type

Derived terms

• of that ilk
• thilk

References

• “ilk” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
• “ilk” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.

Anagrams

• Kil

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“before; early; first”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰚‎ (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ‎ (ilk, “first, firstly”), Turkish ilk, Chuvash ӗлӗк (ĕlĕk, “before, in old times; ago”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ilk]

Adjective

ilk

1. first

Noun

ilk (definite accusative ilki, plural ilklər)

1. firstborn, firstling

Declension

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪlk/

Etymology 1

From the Old English īlca, from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).

Cognate to English ilk.

Adjective

ilk (not comparable)

1. The same.

Usage notes

• Used following a person’s name to show that he lives in a place of the same name, eg Johnstone of that ilk means Johnstone of Johnstone.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ylk, iwilk, from Old English ġehwylc (“each, every”), equivalent to y- +‎ which. Merged with Northern Old English ylc (“each”). More at each. (compare the Dutch elk - each)

Determiner

ilk

1. (archaic, of two or more) each; every

Synonyms

• ilka

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish الك‎ (ilk, “first, firstly, in the first place”), from Proto-Turkic *ilk (“first”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰚‎ (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ‎ (ilk, “first, firstly”), Bashkir элек (elek, “before, earlier, ago”).

Adjective

ilk (comparative daha ilk, superlative en ilk)

1. first

   Synonyms: birinci, baştaki

   Antonym: son

2. pristine (pertaining to the earliest state of something)

Adverb

ilk

1. first, firstly

   Synonyms: önce, ilkin

Source: wiktionary.org

• a type or kind.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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