utile

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈjutəl/ UK /ˈjuːtaɪl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
useful or having utility

The tool was elegant yet entirely utile, designed for daily labor.

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Synonyms

1 adj · useful or having utility useful practical serviceable beneficial helpful functional

Opposites

useless futile inutile

Word family

Related forms utility utilize utilitarian

Etymology

From French utile, from Latin utilis ('useful, profitable'), from uti ('to use, employ').

utilis Latin uti Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# utile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈjutəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈjuːtaɪl/

## Meanings
1. useful or having utility

## Examples
- The tool was elegant yet entirely utile, designed for daily labor.

## Synonyms
- useful
- practical
- serviceable
- beneficial
- helpful
- functional

## Antonyms
- useless
- futile
- inutile

## Related Forms
- utility
- utilize
- utilitarian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: utilis
- Root: uti

## Etymology
From French utile, from Latin utilis ('useful, profitable'), from uti ('to use, employ').

## AI Etymology
Utile comes from French utile, from Latin utilis ('useful, profitable'), from uti ('to use, employ'). In current use it is an adjective meaning "useful or having utility". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. The historical chain includes Latin utilis and Latin uti. Related English forms include utility, utilize, and utilitarian. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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