edil

Learned borrowing from Latin aedīlis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈðil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈðil]

edil m or f by sense (plural edils)

1. (historical) aedile
2. regidor (member of a municipal council)

   Synonym: regidor

• edilici
• edilitat

• “edil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.dil/

edil

1. alternative form of adal

edil n

1. alternative form of adal

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Latin aedīlis

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: e‧dil

edil m (plural edis)

1. (Cape Verde, Portugal) alderman, councilman (member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town)

   Synonym: vereador

   • 2022 February 5, António Monteiro, “"O papel da Câmara neste momento é criar novas centralidades para podermos tirar a pressão sobre a Cidade Velha" - Nelson Moreira, CMRGS”, in Expresso das Ilhas‎^[1]:

     Por isso o edil está convicto de que os novos projectos apresentados pelo ministério da Cultura para a Cidade Velha e o projecto das bacias hidrográfica na localidade de São João Baptista que deve arrancar ainda este ano tragam nova dinâmica na economia local.

     That is why the councilman is convinced that the new projects presented by the Ministry of Culture for Cidade Velha and the watershed project in São João Baptista, which should start this year, will bring new dynamism to the local economy.

2. (Ancient Rome) aedile (elected official in Ancient Rome)

Borrowed from French édile, from Latin aedīlis.

• IPA^(key): /eˈdil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: e‧dil

edil m (plural edili)

1. (historical) aedile
2. (figurative, literary) councilman
3. (figurative, literary) mayor

• “edil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2009), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[2], volume 1, part 7, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, page 57

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈdil/, [ə.ˈdil]

edil

1. ray of light

Borrowed from Latin aedīlis.

• IPA^(key): /eˈdil/ [eˈð̞il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: e‧dil

edil m (plural ediles)

1. formal title for a mayor
2. (Ancient Rome) aedile

• alcalde m
• burgomaestre m

• “edil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024