utile
[
yoo
-til, -tahyl]
/ˈyu tɪl, -taɪl/
adjective
1.
useful
.
Origin
1475-85;
<
Old French
<
Latin
ūtilis,
equivalent to
ūt
(
ī
) to use +
-ilis
-ile
utile dulci
[
oo
-ti-le
d
oo
l
-kee;
English
yoot
-l-ee
duhl
-sahy, -see]
/ˈu tɪ lɛ ˈdʊl ki;
English
ˈyut l i ˈdʌl saɪ, -si/
Latin.
1.
the useful with the pleasurable.
Examples from the web for
utile
Everything has the potential to be abusive, and not everything has the potential to be
utile
.
British Dictionary definitions for
utile
utile
/
ˈjuːtaɪl;
-tɪl
/
adjective
1.
an obsolete word for
useful
Word Origin
C15: via Old French from Latin
ūtilis,
from
ūtī
to use
Word Origin and History for
utile
late 15c., from Old French
utile
(13c.), from Latin
utilis
, from
uti
(see
use
(v.)).