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peil

peil noun: water level.

Noun

peil

  1. (Japan, in-compounds) water level
    • Tokyo Peil (TP); Yedogawa Peil (YP); Osaka Peil (OP)

Proper noun capitalized: Peil

Peil (plural Peils)

  1. A surname.

Forms of peil

pluralPeils

Origin of peil

Borrowed from Dutch peil (“level”).

Questions about peil

What does peil mean?
Peil means water level.
What part of speech is peil?
Peil can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near peil in the dictionary

  1. peignoir
  2. peignoirs
  3. Peikan
  4. Peikantang
  5. Peikoff
  6. peil
  7. Peile
  8. Peille
  9. Peillon
  10. Peillonnex
  11. Peils

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