still

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪl/
  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): [stɪɫ]
• • (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [stɪo̯], [stɪʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.

(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).

Alternative forms

• stil
• stille, styll, stylle (obsolete)

Adjective

still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)

1. Not moving; calm.

2. Not effervescing; not sparkling.

3. Uttering no sound; silent.
4. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
5. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
6. (obsolete) Constant; continual.

Synonyms

• (not moving): fixed, stationary, unmoving, static, inert, stagnant; see also Thesaurus:stationary or Thesaurus:immobile
• (not effervescing): flat, uneffervescent; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
• (uttering no sound): noiseless, soundless; see also Thesaurus:silent
• (having the same stated quality):
• (comparatively quiet): hushed, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:quiet
• (constant, continual): incessant, ongoing, unremitting; see also Thesaurus:continuous

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

still (not comparable)

1. Without motion.

2. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
3. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
4. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
5. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
6. (extensive) Even, yet.
7. Alternative spelling of styll

Synonyms

• (without motion): akinetically, motionlessly, stock still, stockishly
• (up to a time): yet
• (to an even greater degree): yet, even
• (nevertheless): nonetheless, though, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
• (always): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
• (even, yet):

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

still (plural stills)

1. A period of calm or silence.
2. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
   1. (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
3. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

Synonyms

• (period of calm): lull, rest, respite; quiet, tranquility
• (resident of the Falkland Islands): Benny, Falklander, Kelper

Translations

See also

• styll

Etymology 2

Via Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin stilla.

Noun

still (plural stills)

2. A device for distilling liquids.
3. (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
4. (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
5. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• pot still

Etymology 3

From Old English stillan.

Verb

still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

1. To calm down, to quiet.

Synonyms

• becalm, lull, quell; see also Thesaurus:pacify

Translations

Etymology 4

Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.

Verb

still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)

1. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
2. To cause to fall by drops.
3. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tills, lilts, tills

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stille, from Old High German stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɪl/

Adjective

still (strong nominative masculine singular stiller, comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)

1. quiet, silent

   stiller Alarm. ― silent alarm.

2. without carbonation

   Stilles Mineralwasser

Declension

Adverb

still

1. quietly, silently

Further reading

• “still” in Duden online
• “still” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtil/

Adjective

still

1. quiet, silent

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

still

1. imperative of stille

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

still

1. imperative of stilla

Etymology 2

Adjective

still (masculine and feminine still, neuter stilt, definite singular and plural stille, comparative stillare, indefinite superlative stillast, definite superlative stillaste)

1. Alternative form of stille

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtil/ [esˈt̪il]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

still m (plural stills)

1. (photography) still

Swedish

Etymology

Alternative form of stilla.

Adverb

still (not comparable)

1. still

References

• still in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• still in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• still in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)