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6-letter words (3 found)

PENSIL,SPINEL,SPLINE,

5-letter words (18 found)

ELSIN,LENIS,LIENS,LINES,LIPES,NELIS,PEINS,PENIS,PILES,PINES,PLIES,SILEN,SLIPE,SNIPE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPINE,

4-letter words (34 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LEPS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,NEPS,NIES,NILS,NIPS,PEIN,PELS,PENI,PENS,PIES,PILE,PINE,PINS,PISE,PLIE,SEIL,SIEN,SILE,SINE,SIPE,SLIP,SNIP,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

ELS,ENS,INS,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIN,LIP,LIS,NEP,NIE,NIL,NIP,NIS,PEL,PEN,PES,PIE,PIN,PIS,PSI,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIN,SIP,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 93 words from pensil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pensil

pensil

Noun

pensil (plural pensils)

  1. Obsolete form of pencil.
  2. Obsolete form of pencel.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil or Dutch penseel, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛnsɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pèn‧sil

Noun

pènsil (plural pensil-pensil, first-person possessive pensilku, second-person possessive pensilmu, third-person possessive pensilnya)

  1. pencil
    Synonym: potlot

Alternative forms

  • pinsil
  • pensel (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pensil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Maia

Etymology

From English pencil or Tok Pisin pensil.

Noun

pensil

  1. pencil

Malay

Noun

pensil

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pensel.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penˈsil/ [pẽnˈsil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pen‧sil

Adjective

pensil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pensiles)

  1. hanging

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiles)

  1. (literary) pleasant garden

Further reading

  • “pensil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pencil.

Noun

pensil

  1. pencil

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • pensel

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsɪl/

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiliau or pensilau or pensilion)

  1. pencil

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pensil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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