pensil

English

Noun

pensil (plural pensils)

1. Obsolete form of pencil.
2. Obsolete form of pencel.

Anagrams

• spline, Eplins, Pilsen, spinel, pinsel, L-spine, Esplin

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• pinsil
• pensel (Johor-Riau)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil or Dutch penseel, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnsil/ [ˈpɛn.sɪl]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnsil
• Syllabification: pen‧sil

Noun

pènsil (plural pensil-pensil, first-person possessive pensilku, second-person possessive pensilmu, third-person possessive pensilnya)

1. pencil

   Synonym: potlot

Derived terms

• pemensil

 

• pensil alis
• pensil bibir
• pensil jahit
• pensil lito
• pensil mata
• pensil pemayang mata
• pensil penggaris mata
• pensil warna

 

Further reading

• “pensil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maia

Etymology

From English pencil or Tok Pisin pensil.

Noun

pensil

1. pencil

Malay

Noun

pensil

1. Nonstandard spelling of pensel.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pēnsilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈsil/ [pẽnˈsil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: pen‧sil

Adjective

pensil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pensiles)

1. hanging

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiles)

1. (literary) pleasant garden

Further reading

• “pensil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pencil.

Noun

pensil

1. pencil

Welsh

Alternative forms

• pensel

Etymology

Borrowed from English pencil, from Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnsɪl/

Noun

pensil m (plural pensiliau or pensilau or pensilion)

1. pencil

Mutation

Mutated forms of pensil

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pensil	bensil	mhensil	phensil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pensil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies