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Kail

Definitions: Kail

Kail

Noun

1. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.

2. Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "kail" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)


Synonyms: Kail

Synonyms: borecole (n), cole (n), colewort (n), kale (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Kail

English words defined with "kail": Kail yard. (references)
Specialty definitions using "kail": fodder kail. (references)
Etymologies containing "kail": kale. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Kail" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Indonesian (angle, angling).

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Name Usage Frequency: Kail

The following table summarizes the usage of "kail" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
KailLast name1,00018,635
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Kail

Expressions using "kail": fodder kail Kail yard. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "kail": kail-yard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kail

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

kail

10

kail tv

3

kail prenhall.com

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Kail

Language Translations for "kail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fodermarvkaal (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale), foderkål (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voederkool (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale), mergkool (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rehukaali (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

French

  

chou fourrager (curly kale, fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale, kale). (various references)

   

German

  

Futterkohl (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κτηνοτροφικό λάχανο (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale), κτηνοτροφικά λάχανα (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cavolo da foraggio (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailkay

   

Portuguese

  

couves forrageiras (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

c l (cabbage, colewort, kale : c l ceirtleach). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

col forrajera (fodder kail, fodder kale, forage kale). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kruskål (kale), kål (cabbage, Cole, kale), stålar (dibs, dingbat, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, loot, oof, pelf, putty, shekels, spondulicks, stuff), grönkål (kale). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıvırcık lâhana (kale, savoy). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xúp cải (kale). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Kail

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Brassica oleracea L. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Kail

Derivations

Words beginning with "kail": kails, kailyard, kailyards. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Kail"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "kail" (pronounced kā"l)
3k ā" lkale, scale.
2-ā" lail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, braille, Carrell, curtail, dale, derail, detail, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gale, grail, hail, Hale, impale, inhale, jail, mail, maile, male, nail, pail, pale, prevail, quail, quale, rail, sail, sale, shale, snail, stale, surveil, tail, tale, trail, tramell, travail, unveil, Vail, Vale, veil, wail, Wale, whale.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Kail

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ilka.

Words within the letters "a-i-k-l"

-1 letter: ail, ilk.

-2 letters: ai, al, ka, la, li.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-k-l"
 

+1 letter: alike, kails, kalif, kibla, tilak, vakil.

 

+2 letters: alfaki, alkali, alkies, alkine, alsike, axlike, calkin, kalian, kalifs, kaliph, kalium, kalmia, kaolin, khalif, kiblah, kiblas, kulaki, lakier, laking, likuta, malkin, miskal, saluki, talkie, tilaks, vakils.

 

+3 letters: airlike, alfakis, alkalic, alkalin, alkalis, alkines, alkylic, alsikes, ankling, antlike, apelike, armlike, asslike, backlit, balkier, balkily, balking, batlike, calking, calkins, catlike, clarkia, fanlike, fatlike, flakier, flakily, flaking, flokati, gawkily, glaiket, glaikit, halakic, hatlike, jawlike, kalians, kalimba, kaliphs, kaliums, kalmias, kaoline, kaolins, keitloa, khalifa, khalifs, kiblahs, kilobar, kilorad, kolbasi, lacking, ladykin, lakiest, lakings, lambkin, lankier, lankily, larkier, larking, larkish, latakia, lawlike, leakier, leakily, leaking, likable, linkage, linkman, malkins, manlike, maplike, milkman, miskals, oaklike, oarlike, oatlike, odalisk, palikar, pawkily, pealike, quakily, ratlike, raylike, saclike, salukis, sawlike, shakily, shaslik, skaldic, skiable, skysail, slaking, snakily, tackily, taglike, talkier, talkies, talking, tealike, titlark, unalike, wackily, walking, warlike, waxlike.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kail


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 61 69 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    .-    ..    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01100001 01101001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#97 &#105 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0061 0069 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45677578

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Names: Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese;