English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
IPA|/s�ɪl/, SAMPA|/sOIl/
audio|en-us-soil.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɪl|-�ɪl

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
2. uncountable The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
3. uncountable The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
4. uncountable|euphemistic Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
5. countable In medical terms, a bag containing soiled items.
6. euphemistic Country or territory.

#:The refugees returned to their native soil.

Synonyms
(1, 2, 3): dirt, earth
(4): dirt

Translations
trans-top|mixture of sand and organic material
Chinese: 泥� (nít�)
Czech: půda f
Danish: jord c
Dutch: grond m
Finnish: multa
French: sol m
German: Boden m
Hungarian: föld, talaj
Indonesian: tanah
trans-mid
Italian: suolo m
Japanese: � (��, tsuchi)
Malayalam: മണ�ണ� (maNNu)
Portuguese: solo#Portuguese|solo m
Russian: земл� (z'eml'á) f, по�ва (pó�va) f
Spanish: suelo m
Swedish: jord c
trans-bottom

trans-top|mineral or organic material serving as a natural medium for the growth of land plants
Czech: půda f
Danish: jord c, muldjord c
Dutch: aarde, grond
Finnish: maa
Hungarian: táptalaj
Italian: terreno m
Portuguese: solo#Portuguese|solo m, terra f
trans-mid
Russian: по�ва (pó�va) f
Swedish: jord c
trans-bottom

trans-top|unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth
Danish: jord c
Dutch: aarde, grond
Finnish: maa
Portuguese: solo#Portuguese|solo m
trans-mid
Russian: по�ва (pó�va) f
Swedish: jord c
trans-bottom

trans-top|faeces or urine etc.
Finnish: lika, sonta
trans-mid
Malayalam: മലമ�ത�ര� (malamoothram)
trans-bottom

trans-top|bag containing soiled items
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|country or territory
Danish: grund c
Dutch: grond
Finnish: maaperä
trans-mid
Portuguese: solo#Portuguese|solo m
Russian: земл� (z'eml'á) f
Swedish: jord c, mark#Swedish|mark c
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
checktrans

ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|تربة unicode|(túrba) f
ttbc|Chinese: � (t�)
ttbc|French: terre f
ttbc|German: Erde f
ttbc|Hungarian: föld
ttbc|Ido: sulo
ttbc|Italian: terra f
mid
ttbc|Korean: � (heuk)
ttbc|Navajo: �eezh
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|خاک (xak)
ttbc|Polish: ziemia f
ttbc|Rohingya: meçi
ttbc|Spanish: tierra f

See also
alluvium

Verb
en-verb

1. To make dirty.
2. (reflexively: to soil oneself) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
3. To make invalid, to ruin.

Translations
trans-top|To make dirty
Danish: tilsøle, svine til, besudle
Dutch: bevuilen
Finnish: liata
French: salir
Hebrew: ����� (li-likhlakh)
trans-mid
Italian: sporcare
Persian: FAchar|خاک� کرد� (xâki kardan)
Swedish: skita ner, smutsa ner
trans-bottom

trans-top|To make invalid, to ruin
Persian: FAchar|خاک� کرد� (xâki kardan)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|French: souiller

Related terms
soilless
soil pipe
solum
topsoil

Basque

Adjective
soil

1. bald

Category:Basque language

Rohingya

Etymology
From Bengali

Noun
soil

1. rice

Category:Rohingya language

zh-min-nan:soil
de:soil
fr:soil
io:soil
id:soil
it:soil
hu:soil
ja:soil
pl:soil
ru:soil
fi:soil
ta:soil
te:soil
vi:soil
zh:soil

• 2007-10-01 01:54 - UllmannBot - iwiki +de, te

Full Revision History