while
English
/ʍaɪl/
noun
Definitions
- An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hwīl (time, while) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (period of time, while, time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (rest), *kʷyeh₁- (rest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷyeh₁-
Gloss
rest
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
休
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acquiescently English
- after English
- afterwhile English
- betweenwhiles English
- coy English
- ere English
- erewhile English
- erst English
- erstwhile English
- hand English
- handwhile English
- longwhiles English
- mean English
- meanwhile English
- no English
- nonworthwhile English
- nowhile English
- other English
- otherwhile English
- quiesce English
- some English
- somewhile English
- somewhiles English
- there English
- therewhile English
- to-whiles English
- umwhile English
- unworthwhile English
- wending English
- whilemeal English
- whilend English
- whilere English
- whiles English
- whilest English
- whilst English
- worth English
- worthwhile English
- worthwhileness English
- acquiescens Latin
- acquiescere Latin
- acquiēscentem Latin
- acquiēscere Latin
- conquiesco Latin
- inquiētantem Latin
- inquiētus Latin
- inquiētāre Latin
- inquiētūdinem Latin
- irrequietus Latin
- irrequiētus Latin
- quiescentia Latin
- quiesco Latin
- quietus Latin
- quiēscentem Latin
- quiēscentia Latin
- quiēscēns, quiescens Latin
- quiētor Latin
- quiētus Latin
- quiētūdō Latin
- requiem Latin
- requiem [aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine] Latin
- requies Latin
- requietus Latin
- requiēs Latin
- tranquillitas Latin
- tranquillitātem Latin
- tranquillus Latin
- Langeweile German
- Weilchen German
- Weile German
- langweilig German
- acquiescentemente Italian
- acquiescenza Italian
- acquietamento Italian
- acquietare Italian
- acquietarsi Italian
- inquietamente Italian
- inquietarsi Italian
- inquietezza Italian
- irrequietezza Italian
- irrequietudine Italian
- quietamento Italian
- quietanzare Italian
- quietanzatore Italian
- quietanzatrice Italian
- quietazione Italian
- quietezza Italian
- quietismo Italian
- quietista Italian
- quietistico Italian
- quietitudine Italian
- requiare Italian
- tranquillo Italian
- langwijlig Dutch, Flemish
- wijl Dutch, Flemish
- acquiescence French
- quittance French
- tranquille French
- tranquilo Spanish, Castilian
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- tranquilo Portuguese
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- vapenvila Swedish
- vila Swedish
- chwila Polish
- chwilka Polish
- chwilowy Polish
- chwilówka Polish
- ang Old English
- beorhthwil Old English
- earfoþhwil Old English
- gesceaphwil Old English
- gescæphwil Old English
- hwil Old English
- hwilwende Old English
- hwīl Old English
- hwīle Old English
- hwīle ǣr, hwile ær Old English
- preowthwil Old English
- æmethwil Old English
- ǣr Old English
- चिर Sanskrit
- handwhile Middle English
- menewhile Middle English
- summehwile Middle English
- umwhile Middle English
- whilende Middle English
- whilmele Middle English
- hvíld Old Norse
- while-løkke Danish
- *pokojь Proto-Slavic
- tranquil Catalan, Valencian
- शाद Hindi
- tranquilo Galician
- شاد Persian
- gorffwys Welsh
- terwilen Middle Dutch
- wile Middle Dutch
- *hwīl Old High German
- wīla Old High German
- hwīl Middle High German
- wīle Middle High German
- шат Kazakh
- sillë Albanian
- tranquille Middle French
- şad Azerbaijani
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- *hwīlu gmw-pro
- شاد Ottoman Turkish
- *wīla Old Dutch
- cira Pali
- baila Cimbrian
- baille Cimbrian
- hwila Old Saxon
- хвіля Belarusian
- *trānskʷīlos Proto-Italic
- شاد Urdu
- шат Bashkir
- š’t’ Middle Persian
- tranquiło Venetian
- *čīlā- Proto-Albanian
- *pat- Proto-Brythonic
- 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
- no
- ere
- coy
- mean
- some
- erst
- hand
- there
- worth
- after
- other
- whilst
- whiles
- umwhile
- whilest
- whilere
- wending
- quiesce
- nowhile
- whilend
- erewhile
- whilemeal
- erstwhile
- meanwhile
- handwhile
- somewhile
- to-whiles
- worthwhile
- somewhiles
- otherwhile
- longwhiles
- afterwhile
- therewhile
- unworthwhile
- acquiescently
- betweenwhiles
- nonworthwhile
- worthwhileness