zuil

Dutch (Brabantic)

/zœy̯l/

noun
Definitions
  • (architecture) pillar, support
  • (society) pillar, institutional subgrouping of society along ideological or religious lines

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch suul inherited from Old Dutch sūl inherited from *sūli inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (pillar, column, beam, post).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sūliz

Gloss

pillar, column, beam, post

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

柱

Emoji

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