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Etymology 1
OE. til

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Pronunciation
IPA|/tɪl/, SAMPA|/tIl/
audio|en-us-till.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪl|-ɪl

Preposition
till

1. Up to
2. As late as

Translations

Afrikaans tot
Arabic: ARchar|حت�|ح�ت�� (ħatt�)
Chinese: �� (zhídào)
Dutch: t+|nl|tot
Finnish: saakka, asti#Finnish|asti (1), ennen; vaille (2)
French: jusqu'à
German: t+|de|bis
Hebrew: ע� (ádd)
Hungarian: -ig (suffix)
Italian: fino a
mid
Japanese: ...�� (...made)
Korean: ...�� (...kkaji)
Norwegian: til, inntil
Persian: FAchar|تا (t�)
Portuguese: t+|pt|até
Russian: до#Russian|до (do)
Spanish: t+|es|hasta
Swedish: t-|sv|tills
Welsh: t-|cy|tan|xs=Welsh

Conjunction
till

1. Up to the time that (something is true).
2. Before (something is true).

Synonyms
'til (nonstandard), until

Translations

Afrikaans: t-|af|tot|xs=Afrikaans
Arabic: ARchar|حت�|ح�ت�� (ħatt�)
Estonian: t-|et|kuni
Finnish: kunnes (1), ennen kuin (2)
French: jusqu'à
German: t+|de|bis
Greek: μέ��ι (mékhri), έ�� (éos), ί�αμε (ísame), ����ο� (osótu)
Hebrew: ע� (ádd)
Hungarian: amíg, ameddig
mid
Italian: fino a
Japanese: ...�� (...made)
Persian: FAchar|تا (t�)
Russian: пока не#Russian|не (poká ne), до �е� по� (do te� por)
Spanish: hasta que
Swedish: #Swedish|till; tills

Etymology 2
ME.

Noun
en-noun

1. A cash register

Etymology 3
Unknown

Noun
wikipedia
till

1. glacial|Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders.

Etymology 4
OE. tilian

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc).
2. transitive To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegatation and crops.
3. intransitive To cultivate soil.

Translations
trans-top|to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to work or cultivate
Afrikaans: t-|af|ploeg|xs=Afrikaans
Arabic: ARchar|حرث (ħáraθa)
Chinese: � (g�ng)
Dutch: t+|nl|ploegen
Finnish: t+|fi|kyntää
French: t+|fr|labourer
German: t-|de|pflügen
Hungarian: szántani
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|arare
Japanese: �� (����, tagayasu)
Korean: �� (galda)
Portuguese: t+|pt|arar
Russian: па�а�� (pa�át�)
Spanish: t+|es|arar
Swedish: plöja
trans-bottom

trans-top|to cultivate soil
Korean: �� (galda)
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|cultivar
trans-bottom

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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Category:English conjunctions
Category:English prepositions

Estonian

Noun
till

1. dill (herb)
2. slang a penis

Category:Estonian nouns
Category:Estonian slang
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Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-till.ogg|audio

Preposition
till

1. to

#*Välkommen till Sverige!
#Welcome to Sweden!
#*Ge den till mig.
#Give it to me.
#*Vi behöver två till fem nya datorer.
#**We need two to five new computers.

Category:Swedish prepositions

ar:till
fa:till
fr:till
io:till
it:till
hu:till
pl:till
ru:till
simple:till
fi:till
sv:till
ta:till
te:till
vi:till
tr:till
zh:till

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