il

1. 1.

   being nine more than forty

   Synonymsforty-nine49

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of il

plural

ils·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about il

What does il mean?

il means "a midwestern state in north-central United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in il?

il has 1 syllable: il. In IPA it is /ˈɪl/.

What is another word for il?

Close synonyms include Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, Ill., forty-nine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is il a common word?

il is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with il?

1 word rhymes with il. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.