SIL

ˌɛs aɪ ˈɛl

Definition

Definition of SIL - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: sibling-in-law

Rare

person married to your sibling or your spouse's sibling

Rare

My SIL is coming for dinner tonight.

in-law

sibling-in-law

acr: Summer Institute of Linguistics

TECH.

organization studying and documenting world languages

TECH.

SIL has published many language surveys.

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Origin of SIL

Acronym for Summer Institute of Linguistics

Examples of SIL in a sentence

I went shopping with my SIL yesterday.
SIL researchers visited remote villages last year.
The SIL conference attracted linguists worldwide.

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French:beau-frère, SIL, ...
German:Schwägerin, Institut für Sprachforschung, ...
Italian:cognato o cognata, SIL, ...
Spanish:CUÑ, SIL, ...
Portuguese:cunhado, SIL, ...
Chinese:姻亲兄弟姐妹, 国际语言学会, ...
Japanese:義理の兄弟姉妹, SIL, ...
Arabic:زَوْج أَو زَوْجَة اَلْأَخ أَو اَلْأُخْت, معهد اللغات الصيفي, ...
Hebrew:גִּיס, סיל, ...
Russian:родственник по браку, SIL, ...
Ukrainian:чоловік або дружина вашого брата чи вашої сестри, Інститут лінгвістики, ...
Hindi:संबंध से भाई या बहन, समर इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ़ लिंग्विस्टिक्स, ...
Bengali:সিবলিং-ইন-ল, এসআইএল, ...
Catalan:germà polític, ILV, ...
Czech:švagr, SIL, ...
Danish:svoger eller svigerinde, SIL, ...
Dutch:schoonfamilielid, SIL, ...
Greek:Συγγενής εξ αγχιστείας, Ινστιτούτο Θερινής Γλωσσολογίας, ...
Hungarian:sógor, Nyári Nyelvészeti Intézet, ...
Khmer:សាច់ញាតិដោយអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍, វិទ្យាស្ថានរដូវក្តៅនៃភាសាវិទ្យា, ...
Korean:형제자매 배우자, SIL, ...
Persian:خویشاوند از طریق ازدواج, مؤسسه زبان‌شناسی تابستانی, ...
Polish:szwagier lub szwagierka w znaczeniu mąż lub żona twojego rodzeństwa albo brat lub siostra twojego małżonka, Letni Instytut Lingwistyki, ...
Portuguese (BR):cunhado, SIL, ...
Romanian:cumnat sau cumnată, SIL, ...
Swedish:svägerska, SIL, ...
Thai:พี่เขยหรือน้องเขย, สถาบันภาษาศาสตร์ฤดูร้อน, ...
Turkish:eşin kardeşi ya da kardeşin eşi, Yaz Dilbilimi Enstitüsü, ...
Vietnamese:Anh chị em kết hôn, Viện Ngôn Ngữ Học Mùa Hè, ...

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