quilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French quille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈki.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈki.ʎa]

Noun

quilla f (plural quilles)

1. keel

Further reading

• “quilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “quilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Middle French quille, probably from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʎa̝/

Noun

quilla f (plural quillas)

1. (nautical) keel

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quilla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quilla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quilla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French quille.

Noun

quilla f (plural quillas)

1. (nautical) keel

Derived terms

• aquillado

 

Further reading

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