Lille
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: lēl
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /liːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /lil/
- Homophone: leal
- Rhymes: -iːl
Proper noun
[edit]Lille
- A city, the capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France.
- A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]city in France
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lille f
- Lille (the department capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France)
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:English/iːl
- Rhymes:English/iːl/1 syllable
- English lemmas
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- en:Lille
- en:Cities in France
- en:Departmental capitals
- en:Places in France
- en:Cities in Hauts-de-France
- en:Regional capitals of France
- en:Places in Hauts-de-France
- en:Towns in Belgium
- en:Municipalities of Belgium
- en:Places in Belgium
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
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- French 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:French/il
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- fr:Lille
- fr:Cities in France
- fr:Departmental capitals
- fr:Places in France
- fr:Cities in Hauts-de-France
- fr:Regional capitals of France
- fr:Places in Hauts-de-France