tamil

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French

Adjective

tamil (plural tamils)

1. Alternative spelling of tamoul

Noun

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of tamoul

Further reading

• “tamil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ibaloi

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Kankanaey

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Karao

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

tamil

1. (anatomy) cheek

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tamil m (definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamiler, definite plural tamilene)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of South India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tamil m (definite singular tamilen, indefinite plural tamilar, definite plural tamilane)

1. a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of Southern India and Sri Lanka)

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (the language spoken by Tamils)

Related terms

• tamilsk

References

• “tamil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tamil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈmil/ [t̪aˈmil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ta‧mil

Adjective

tamil m or f (masculine and feminine plural tamiles)

1. Tamil; of or pertaining to the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, their culture, or language
2. (relational) of the Tamil script

Noun

tamil m or f by sense (plural tamiles)

1. a Tamil person, belonging to the Tamil people

Noun

tamil m (uncountable)

1. Tamil (language)

Further reading

• “tamil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

tamil c

1. Tamil; person from the Tamil people.
2. (uncountable) Tamil; language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

Declension