tile en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtaɪ.əl/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /taɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin tēgulabor. Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ Proto-West Germanic *tigulā Old English tiġele Middle English tile English tile From Middle English tile, tyl, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tiġele, tieġle, tiġle (“tile, brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā (“tile, brick”), from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile, brick”), from Latin tēgula, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Doublet of tegula. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel (“brick”), tegel (“tile”), German Ziegel (“brick, roof tile”), Luxembourgish Zill (“brick, tile”), Danish tegl (“brick”), Faroese tigul (“tile”), Icelandic tigl (“brick, tile”), Norwegian Nynorsk tegl (“brick, roof tile”), Swedish tegel (“brick, tile”), Asturian teya (“tile”), Catalan teula (“tile”), French tuile (“tile”), Galician telha, tella (“roof tile”), Italian tegola (“roof tile”), Mirandese teilha (“roof tile”), Portuguese telha (“roof tile”), Spanish teja (“roof tile”), Belarusian цэ́гла (céhla, “brick”), Czech cihla (“brick”), Polish cegła (“brick”), Serbo-Croatian cígla (“brick”), Ukrainian це́гла (céhla, “brick”), Finnish tiili (“brick, tile”).
Meanings
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A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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A rectangular graphic.
Each tile within the map consists of 256 × 256 pixels.
Sprites and tiles that are hidden in the prototype ROM file can be recovered.
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Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
One hot summer day in the Chinese city of Nan-ning, I wandered through a park of lotus leaves and exotic flowers to a pagoda where ancient women sat, drowsily, happily playing mahjongg amidst the scent of flowers, and that excellent sound of clicking tiles enchanted me; I was far from home, but that long slow summer afternoon with the mah-jongg sounds brought me back to my own continent and specifically to Mexicali, whose summer tranquillity never ends.
2005, William T. Vollmann, “They Came Out Like Ants!”, in Dave Eggers, editor, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (Literature), Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 298:
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(dated, informal) A stiff hat.
Thus, when old Doctor Meldrum, with his well-known curly-brimmed opera-hat, appeared upon the platform, there was such a universal query of "Where did you get that tile?" that he hurriedly removed it, and concealed it furtively under his chair.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:Tile - Tile, a Hat.
1865, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions:1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard, "Any Old Iron", British Music Hall song Dressed in style, brand-new tile, And your father's old green tie on.
- (qualifier:Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
adaptive tile refresh · out on the tiles · tilework · tileboard · supertile · roof tile · blue-tile fever · tilebased · tileworks · tile ore · tile-matching game · tilestone · roofing tile · field tile · reflet tile · undertile · tile tracking · pill tile · subway tile · tile red · tilemapping · untile · rest tile · creasing tile · tile stove · quarry tile · prototile · tileset · Truchet tile · glazed tile · pantile · draintile · vinyl composition tile · Dutch tile · tilemapped · tileless · tilemaker · tile saw · tileyard · tile loose · tilemaking · rooftile · tilefish · tilery · microtile · monotile · girih tile · tilelike · tilewise · ridge tile · metatile · Wang tile · paving tile · weeping tile · encaustic tile · floating wood tile · rep-tile · tilemap · floor tile
Descendants
teils · タイル · 타일 · टाइल · ଟାଇଲ୍ · টালি
Translations (167)
tg кошин (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · de Kachel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fr tuile (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · gl tella (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · za vax (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · la tēgula (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · cs dlaždice (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ko 타일 (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · uz kafel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · mi taera (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · da klinke (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nl tegel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · km ក្បឿង (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · de Fliese (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nb takstein (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · hi टाइल (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ru черепи́ца (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · dv އީޓު (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sl ploščica (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · io karelo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ang tiġele (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · da tegl (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fi nappula (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · es teja (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · is flís (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fi tiili (rectangular graphic) · es azulejo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ru плита́ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nb teglstein (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ms jubin (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nn teglstein (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ka კრამიტი (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · he אָרִיחַ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · tr fayans (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ja タイル (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ar قِرْمِيد (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · cs kachle (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sh kȃlj (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · km ការ៉ូ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sv kakel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · it piastrella (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sh ка̑љ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · bn টালি (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sv taktegel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · grc κέραμος (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · it tegola (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pl płytka (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · hu cserép (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sq tjegull (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · mk пло́чка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fi laatta (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · kk кафель (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nn tegl (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · it coppo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · de Dachziegel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi bài (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · es ficha (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · be плі́тка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ca teula (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi mảnh (rectangular graphic) · fo tigul (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · th กระเบื้อง (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ce гериг (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sq pllakë (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ro olan (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ru ка́фель (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi quân (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · ru пли́тка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fa-ira سُفال (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · lt plytelė (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · lv flīze (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · cs obkladačka (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · da flise (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ro țiglă (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nl blokje (in Scrabble) (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · uk ка́хля (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · eo kahelo (rectangular graphic) · hy կղմինդր (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ky кафель (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · uz plitka (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · es tesela (rectangular graphic) · crh kiramet (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · lo ກະເບື້ອງ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · grc κεραμίς (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · or ଟାଇଲ୍ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · el κεραμίδι (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ota كرمید (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ja 瓦 (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ga tíl (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nn flis (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · tg сафол (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nl pan (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · mk ќера́мида (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · cmn 瓦 (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · csb plata (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · tr karo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · av щегӏ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · az kaşı (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · hy հախճասալ (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ky плитка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pt ladrilho (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fi kaakeli (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · uk ка́хель (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · es baldosín (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · my အုတ်ကြွပ် (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sh пло̏чица (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nl tegel (rectangular graphic) · fa-ira کاشی (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · et plaat (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · tr kiremit (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sh plȍčica (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · es baldosa (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sl plošča (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi đá lát (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi mảng (rectangular graphic) · cs taška (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nb flis (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · be ка́фля (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · he רַעַף (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · dv ތަށިމުށި (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · sk dlaždica (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pt azulejo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nn takstein (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · csb fliza (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pt telha (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · eo kahelo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ca rajola (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi gạch (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · he מִרְצֶפֶת (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · it mattonella (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · gd leacag (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · gsw Chachele (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · kk плитка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ur بَلاط (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · inh гарг (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · bg пло́чка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · eo tegolo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ro placă (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nb tegl (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · mn хавтанцар (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · eu lauza (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fr carreau (de carrelage) (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pl fliza (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · el πλακάκι (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · el πλακίδιο (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · lez сахси (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · es alicatado (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ko 기와 (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · nl dakpan (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · es loseta (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · io tegulo (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · uk пли́тка (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · cmn 磚瓦 /砖瓦 (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ne टाइल (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fo flís (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · mi tāpa (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · pl kafel (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · oc teule (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ar بَلَاط (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi ngói (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · vi quân bài (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · pl kafelek (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ur ٹائِل (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · ar قِرْمِيدَة (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · hu csempe (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces) · fi laatta (flat cuboid playing piece used in certain games) · sw kigae (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)