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kille.

a boy

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²kɪlːɛ/

  1. a boy

    common-gender · informal
    En liten kille kom in i affären för att köpa godis.
    killar och tjejer

  2. a (younger) adult male person; a guy

    common-gender · informal
    Det gick precis förbi några unga killar i 30-årsåldern.

  3. a boyfriend

    common-gender · informal
    Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.
Where this word comes from

Attested since 1924. From dialectal kille (“goat kid, small boy”), originally diminutive to kid (“fawn, originally also goat kid”). See also killing (“goat kid”) which also is a diminutive of kid.

noun/²kɪlɛ//²ɕɪlɛ/

  1. Kille (a card game equivalent to Gnav)

    common-gender
    Harlekin är det högsta kortet i kille
Where this word comes from

Attested since 1834. From harlekin, from French Herlequin, Hellequin, from Old English *Herla (from Proto-West Germanic *erl (“earl”)) cyning (from *kuning (“king”)).

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