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SIL

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A male given name.
  2. Initialism of sibling-in-law.
  3. Initialism of Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  4. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
  5. Initialism of sister-in-law.
  6. Initialism of safety integrity level.

Equivalents

Françaissil
4 more languages
Bosanskisil
Hrvatskisil
Kurdîşilsîl
Српскиsil

Examples

“Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name⟳ of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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