English Explanatory Dictionary

Boyle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
  3. A place name:
  4. A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.
  5. A village in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada, named after John Robert Boyle.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.
  7. A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of boil.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of boil.

Word forms

Boyle boyles boyling boyled

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

Derived words

Boylean Boyle County Boyle Heights Boyle-Mariotte law Boyle's law Boyle's machine

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 波義耳 /波义耳 Chinese Mandarin: 波意耳 Russian: Бойл
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