pil
Page categories
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)
- A pill.
Derived terms
Chinook Jargon
Alternative forms
Adjective
pil
Derived terms
Crimean Tatar
pil (Northern dialect)
Noun
pil
Usage notes
- Literary form: fil
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
pil
Danish
Etymology 1
From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See pile.
Pronunciation
Verb
pil
- imperative of pile
Etymology 4
See pille.
Pronunciation
Verb
pil
- imperative of pille
Dutch
Pronunciation
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)
- a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
- (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
- Synonym: anticonceptiepil
- an analogous ball-shaped object
- (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
- a pharmacist
- an MD
- (military) a med student
- a thick sandwich
- a hard kick on a balk or other object
- a bitter experience
- a large book, a tome
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pil
- → Indonesian: pil
- → Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
- → Sranan Tongo: perki
- → Saramaccan: péiki
Etymology 2
Noun
pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)
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)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hausa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pîl m
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch pil (“pill”), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pil (first-person possessive pilku, second-person possessive pilmu, third-person possessive pilnya)
- (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
pil m
- Alternative form of PIL
Karakalpak
Noun
pil
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pil m inan
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
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt
Mokilese
Noun
pil
Possessive forms
Nehan
Noun
pil
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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)
References
- “pil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)
See also
References
- “pil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pīl m
Descendants
- English: pile
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “píl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Polish
Pronunciation
Verb
pil
Rade
Etymology
Noun
pil
Romagnol
Pronunciation
Noun
pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)
Romanian
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (“spear”).
Noun
pil n (plural piluri)
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)
- 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
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.
Pronunciation
Participle
pȋł
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
píl
Etymology 3
From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.
Pronunciation
Noun
pīl m inan
Inflection
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
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
Noun
pil c
- an arrow (projectile)
- skjuta en pil
- shoot an arrow
- an arrow (symbol)
- Pilen pekar åt vänster
- The arrow is pointing to the left
- 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
Noun
pil c
- willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)
- Synonym: pilträd
Declension
See also
References
- pil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
Synonyms
Turkmen
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).
Alternative forms
Noun
pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).
Alternative forms
Noun
pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)
Declension
Volapük
Noun
pil (nominative plural pils)
Declension
Zou
Adjective
pil
References
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- chn:Colors
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- da:Weapons
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪl
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- nl:Birth control
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- id:Medicine
- id:Pharmacy
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- mkj:Water
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