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till¹
- /tɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”).
preposition 'til · til
- Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). She stayed till the very end.
- Before (a certain time or event). It's twenty till two. (1:40)
- To, up to (physically). They led him till his tent
- To, toward (in attitude). "Well, Georgey," said he, "and soa you're leaving t'ould hoose at last?" - "Heigh, Johnny, my lad, I'm forced tull it; for that damned Boggart torments us soa, we can neither rest neet nor day for't."
- So that (something may happen). 1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.
till²
- /tɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”).
Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle (“compartment”), from Old French tille (“compartment, shelter on a ship”), from Old Norse þilja (“plank”).
noun tills
- A cash register. I got most of the money to pay for all this by stealing. It was very wrong. Today I'm so finickity that I fired one of my staff for nicking twenty-pence worth of curtain hangers from Barkers because he couldn't be bothered to wait at the till queue.
- A removable box within a cash register containing the money. Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift. My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
- A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
- A tray or drawer in a chest.
till³
- /tɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian.
verb tills · tilling · tilled
- To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
- To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- To cultivate soil.
- To prepare; to get. Nor knowes a trappe nor snare to till
till⁴
- /tɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer.
noun
- glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
- manure or other material used to fertilize land
till⁵
- /tɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil).
noun tills
- A vetch; a tare.
Till⁶
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda.
* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
proper noun Tills
- A river in Northumberland, England, tributary to the Tweed. Tweed says to Till: "What gars ye rin sae still ?" Till says to Tweed: "Tho ye rin wi' speed And I rin slaw Whar ye droon ae man,
- A river in Wiltshire, England.
- A river in Lincolnshire, England.
- A surname. Technically speaking, it’s Lucas Till, the actor playing Tripp, who is far too old to be riding a school bus, not his character in Monster Trucks, who is written as a 16-year-old, maybe 17 tops. But Till does not look 16, nor 17, nor even 18.
Similar: River Till
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: money box, cashbox, trough, boulder clay, public treasury, fund, avant, order, for, into, through, advance, front, even, moneybox, tomorrow
proper noun
Similar: River Till
Translations
Every language
prep until
| Español | hasta, hasta que |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | ...까지 ...kkaji |
| 日本語 | ...まで |
| 中文 | 直到 zhídào, 為止 /为止 wéizhǐ |
| हिन्दी | ... तक ... tak, पर्यंत paryant |
| Português | até |
| Français | jusqu'à |
| Deutsch | bis |
| Italiano | fino a, fino a che, fintanto, fintantochè, finattantochè, finchè |
| Română | până |
| Русский | до do, до тех пор пока́ do tex por poká |
| العربية | حَتَّى ḥattā, إِلَى أَنّ ʔilā ʔann, رَيْثَمَا rayṯamā |
| עברית | עַד ad |
conj until
| Español | hasta que |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ...まで |
| Português | até |
| Français | jusqu'à |
| Deutsch | bis |
| Italiano | fino a, fino a che |
| Ελληνικά | μέχρι méchri, έως éos, ίσαμε ísame, ώσπου óspou, ωσότου osótou |
| Русский | пока́ не poká ne, до тех пор do tex por |
| العربية | حَتَّى ḥattā |
| עברית | עד ש־ ad she- |
noun cash register
| Español | caja |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 收银机 shōuyínjī |
| Português | caixa |
| Français | caisse enregistreuse |
| Deutsch | Kasse, Registrierkasse, Ladenkasse |
| Italiano | registratore di cassa |
| Русский | ка́сса kássa |
noun box within a cash register
| 中文 | 錢櫃 /钱柜 qiánguì |
|---|---|
| Français | tiroir-caisse |
| Deutsch | Kassenlade, Kassenschublade |
| Italiano | comparto contanti |
| Русский | де́нежный m я́щик dénežnyj |
verb to work or cultivate
| Español | arar, roturar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갈다 galda |
| 日本語 | 耕す tagayasu |
| 中文 | 耕 gēng |
| Português | arar |
| Français | travailler, labourer |
| Deutsch | pflügen, bauen, bebauen |
| Italiano | arare, dissodare |
| Русский | паха́ть paxátʹ |
| العربية | حَرَثَ ḥaraṯa |
noun glacial drift
| 中文 | 冰碛物 |
|---|---|
| Français | till, tillite |
| Italiano | materiale alluvionale |
noun manure used as fertilizer
| Français | amendement |
|---|---|
| Italiano | letame, stallatico |
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