tonsil

Late 16th century borrowing from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒn.səl/, /ˈtɒn.sɪl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.səl/
• Homophone: tonsile (General American)
• Rhymes: -ɒnsəl

tonsil (plural tonsils)

1. (anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.
2. (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

   Hyponyms: adenoid, faucial tonsil, lingual tonsil, Luschka's tonsil, nasopharyngeal tonsil, palatine tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil

• tonsillar
• tonsillo-, tonsill-

• “tonsil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tonsil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Borrowed from Dutch tonsil, from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtonsil/ [ˈt̪on.sɪl]
• Rhymes: -onsil
• Syllabification: ton‧sil

tonsil (plural tonsil-tonsil)

1. (anatomy) tonsil

   Synonym: adenoid

• tongsil

• “tonsil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English tonsil.

• Rhymes: -il

tonsil (Jawi spelling تونسيل, plural tonsil-tonsil)

1. (anatomy, immunology)

• “tonsil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.