edil

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈðil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈðil]

Noun

edil m or f by sense (plural edils)

1. (historical) aedile
2. regidor (member of a municipal council)

   Synonym: regidor

Related terms

• edilici
• edilitat

Further reading

• “edil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.dil/

Adjective

edil

1. Alternative form of adal

Noun

edil n

1. Alternative form of adal

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin aedīlis

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒiw/ [eˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈdil/ [eˈðiɫ], /ɛˈdil/ [ɛˈðiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈdil/ [eˈðiɫ], /ɛˈdil/ [ɛˈðiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈdi.li/ [eˈði.li], /ɛˈdi.li/ [ɛˈði.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: e‧dil

Noun

edil m (plural edis)

1. (Cape Verde, Portugal) alderman, councilman (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)

   Synonym: vereador

   • 2022 February 5, António Monteiro, “"O papel da Câmara neste momento é criar novas centralidades para podermos tirar a pressão sobre a Cidade Velha" - Nelson Moreira, CMRGS”, in Expresso das Ilhas‎^[1]:

     Por isso o edil está convicto de que os novos projectos apresentados pelo ministério da Cultura para a Cidade Velha e o projecto das bacias hidrográfica na localidade de São João Baptista que deve arrancar ainda este ano tragam nova dinâmica na economia local.

     That is why the councilman is convinced that the new projects presented by the Ministry of Culture for Cidade Velha and the watershed project in São João Baptista, which should start this year, will bring new dynamism to the local economy.

2. (Ancient Rome) aedile (elected official in Ancient Rome)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French édile, from Latin aedīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈdil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: e‧dil

Noun

edil m (plural edili)

1. (historical) aedile
2. (figurative, literary) councilman
3. (figurative, literary) mayor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	edil	edilul		edili	edilii
genitive-dative	edil	edilului		edili	edililor
vocative	edilule			edililor

Further reading

• edil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2009), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[2], volume 1, part 7, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, page 57

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈdil/, [ə.ˈdil]

Noun

edil

1. ray of light

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈdil/ [eˈð̞il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: e‧dil

Noun

edil m (plural ediles)

1. formal title for a mayor
2. (Ancient Rome) aedile

See also

• alcalde m
• burgomaestre m

Further reading

• “edil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10