tonsil

Borrowed from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural). First attested in the late 16th century,

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒn.səl/, /ˈtɒn.sɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.səl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnsəl
• Hyphenation: ton‧sil
• Homophone: tonsile

tonsil (plural tonsils)

1. (anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.
2. (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

   Hyponyms: adenoid, faucial tonsil, lingual tonsil, Luschka's tonsil, nasopharyngeal tonsil, palatine tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil

• “tonsil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tonsil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Borrowed from Dutch tonsil, from French tonsille or Latin tonsillae (“the tonsils in the throat”, plural).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtonsil/ [ˈt̪on.sɪl]
• Rhymes: -onsil
• Syllabification: ton‧sil

tonsil (plural tonsil-tonsil)

1. (anatomy) tonsil

   Synonym: adenoid

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• “tonsil”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English tonsil.

• Rhymes: -il

tonsil (Jawi spelling تونسيل, plural tonsil-tonsil or tonsil²)

1. (anatomy, immunology) tonsil

• "tonsil" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017