Sile in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Sile

You can make 18 words from 'sile' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'sile'
• 3 letters words from 'sile'
• 2 letters words from 'sile'

4 letters words from 'sile'

ISLE 4	LEIS 4
LIES 4	SEIL 4
SILE 4

3 letters words from 'sile'

ELS 3	LEI 3
LES 3	LIE 3
LIS 3	SEI 3
SEL 3

2 letters words from 'sile'

EL 2	ES 2
IS 2	LI 2
SI 2

Definitions and meaning of sile

sile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”).

Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian sul (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”).

Alternative forms

• syle, cyle (Scotland)

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
4. (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) +‎ -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).

Verb

sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To go; pass.
5. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
6. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. A sieve.
2. A strainer or colander for liquids
3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.

Noun

sile (plural siles)

1. A young herring.

Derived terms

• sillock

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, iles, isle, leis, lies, slie

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siledä.

Adjective

sile (genitive sileda, partitive siledat)

1. smooth

Declension

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsileˣ/, [ˈs̠ile̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ile
• Syllabification: si‧le

Noun

sile

1. (dialectal, Southwestern Finland) meat jelly

Declension

Synonyms

• aladobi

Anagrams

• Elsi

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French

Verb

sile

1. first-person singular present indicative of siler
2. third-person singular present indicative of siler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of siler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of siler
5. second-person singular imperative of siler

Anagrams

• élis, îles, isle, lies, liés, Lise, lise

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Latin

Verb

silē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sileō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ilɛ
• Syllabification: si‧le

Noun

sile f

1. dative/locative singular of siła

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sile (Cyrillic spelling силе)

1. inflection of sila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

sile (Cyrillic spelling силе)

1. third-person plural present of siliti

Source: wiktionary.org

• SILASTIC, a flexible silicone rubber, used in the production of artificial limbs.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)