pil

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (ball).

Pronunciation

Noun

pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

  1. A pill.

Derived terms

Chinook Jargon

Alternative forms

  1. pʰil

Adjective

pil

  1. red

Derived terms

Crimean Tatar

pil (Northern dialect)

Noun

pil

  1. elephant

Usage notes

  • Literary form: fil

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

pil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of pít

Danish

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (javelin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. arrow
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. willow
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See pile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Verb

pil

  1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4

See pille.

Pronunciation

Verb

pil

  1. imperative of pille

Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (ball).

Noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

  1. a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
  2. (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
    Synonym: anticonceptiepil
  3. an analogous ball-shaped object
  4. (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
    1. a pharmacist
    2. an MD
    3. (military) a med student
  5. a thick sandwich
  6. a hard kick on a balk or other object
  7. a bitter experience
  8. a large book, a tome
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pil
  • Indonesian: pil
  • Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
  • Sranan Tongo: perki

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

  1. (Belgium) an electric battery
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

pil m or f (plural pillen)

  1. (obsolete) godchild
Derived terms

Anagrams

Hausa

Etymology

From French pile.

Pronunciation

Noun

pîl m

  1. (Niger) battery (especially of a flashlight)
    Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch pil (pill), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (ball).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pil

Noun

pil (first-person possessive pilku, second-person possessive pilmu, third-person possessive pilnya)

  1. (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
    Synonyms: gentel, tablet

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: pìl

Noun

pil m

  1. Alternative form of PIL

Karakalpak

Noun

pil

  1. elephant

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pil

Noun

pil m inan

  1. (Canada, United States) pail, bucket
    Synonym: (Canada) pilik

Further reading

  • Stanislow Frymark (2020) “pil”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

Latvian

Verb

pil

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

Mokilese

Noun

pil

  1. water

Possessive forms

Nehan

Noun

pil

  1. thunder

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Malcolm Ross et al, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment →ISBN:
    Nehan pil 'thunder' [...] Solos pina 'thunder'

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla.

Noun

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og buebow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

Noun

pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (javelin).

Noun

pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og bogebow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píll.

Noun

pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

See also

References

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīlum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pīl m

  1. pointed stick

Descendants

References

Polish

Pronunciation

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Verb

pil

  1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

pil

  1. battery

Romagnol

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈpiːl]

Noun

pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

  1. plural of pél (hair)

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (spear).

Noun

pil n (plural piluri)

  1. (regional) stick, rod; also, a horsewhip

Declension

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)

  1. an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)
    Hypernym: kȋp

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

Participle

pil

  1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

Participle

pȋł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

píl

  1. genitive plural/dual of píla

Etymology 3

From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

Pronunciation

Noun

pīl m inan

  1. a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings
Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pīl
gen. sing. pīla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pīl pīla pīli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
pīla pīlov pīlov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pīlu pīloma pīlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
pīl pīla pīle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pīlu pīlih pīlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
pīlom pīloma pīli

References

  • pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse píla.

Noun

pil c

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    skjuta en pil
    shoot an arrow
  2. an arrow (symbol)
    Pilen pekar åt vänster
    The arrow is pointing to the left
  3. a dart (used in for example darts)
    kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")
    throw/play darts
    kasta pil på en karta
    throw darts at a map
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse píli.

Noun

pil c

  1. willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)
    Synonym: pilträd
Declension
See also

References

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. battery

Synonyms

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

Alternative forms

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

Alternative forms

Noun

pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. elephant
Declension

Volapük

Noun

pil (nominative plural pils)

  1. eel

Declension

Zou

Adjective

pil

  1. clever

References