noun · rare

ilk

ilk · ilks

Art, Geschlecht

A type, race, or categoryA type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

/ɪlk/

» You can't trust people of that ilk.

Solchen Leuten kann man nicht trauen.

Meaning

1 senses

A type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
Art, Geschlecht

More definitions

a kind of person

Examples

2 sentences

You can't trust people of that ilk.
deSolchen Leuten kann man nicht trauen.
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People of your ilk are not welcome in this establishment.
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Translations

3 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

type, race, or category:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germa

Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).

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