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gile — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brightness noun The quality or degree of giving off or reflecting light.
  • clearness noun Brightness, brilliancy.
  • fondness noun A liking or affection for someone or something.
  • gladness noun The state of feeling glad; joy.
  • purity noun The state of being pure — free from contamination, mixture, or moral fault.
  • whiteness noun The quality or state of being white in colour.

Senses

gile is used for these senses in English:

  • brightness The quality of being bright.
  • brightness The perceived luminance of an object.
  • clearness The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]
  • fondness The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.
  • gladness The state of being glad; joy.
  • purity The state or degree of being pure.
  • whiteness (statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.

clearness — full definition

  1. noun Brightness, brilliancy.
  2. noun Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
  3. noun The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
  4. noun The state of being free from obstruction or interference.

Related Irish words