I'll

See also: ill, 'ill, ill., and Ill.

English

Alternative forms

• I’l (obsolete)
• Ile (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of I will/shall.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /aɪ̯l/, /ɑːl/

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• (unstressed form) IPA^(key): /əl/, /ʌl/
• Homophones: aisle, isle
• Homophones: all, awl
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Rhymes: -aɪəl

Contraction

I'll

1. I will.
2. I shall.
   • 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 49, lines 430–431:

     These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you.

Synonyms

• chill, ch'ill

Derived terms

• I'll be a monkey's uncle
• I'll be blowed

Anagrams

• li'l', lil', li'l, Lil, lil