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Til

//tɪl// conj, noun, phrase, prep, slang

Definitions

Conjunction
  1. 1
    until, till colloquial
Noun
  1. 1
    Sesame (plant: Sesamum indicum)
  2. 2
    Any of species Ocotea foetens in family Lauraceae, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of today I learned.... Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "TIL that scientists call the universe's average color "cosmic latte"."

Preposition
  1. 1
    until, till colloquial

    "I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”), or Proto-Germanic *til (“to, towards”). Compare to Old Frisian til.

Etymology 2

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”), or Proto-Germanic *til (“to, towards”). Compare to Old Frisian til.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindi तिल (til, “sesame”).

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