pila

See also Pila, píla, and piła

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pila.

Noun

pila f.

1. saw

Declension

    declension of pila

	singular	plural
nominative	pila	pily
genitive	pily	pil
dative	pily	pilám
accusative	pilu	pily
vocative	pilo	pily
locative	pile	pilách
instrumental	pilou	pilami

Related terms

• piliny f. pl.

Verb

pila

1. past tense of the feminine form of pít

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧la
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• IPA: [ˈpilɑ]

Noun

pila

1. joke, jest
2. practical joke, jest

Declension

Declension of pila (type kala) singular plural nominative pila pilat genitive pilan pilojen pilain1 partitive pilaa piloja accusative pila pilan pilat inessive pilassa piloissa elative pilasta piloista illative pilaan piloihin adessive pilalla piloilla ablative pilalta piloilta allative pilalle piloille essive pilana piloina translative pilaksi piloiksi instructive – piloin abessive pilatta piloitta comitative – piloineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• (joke) vitsi
• (practical joke) kepponen, kuje

Derived terms

• mennä pilalle
• pilaantua
• pilailla

Anagrams

• Alpi, alpi

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French

Verb

pila

1. third-person singular past historic of piler

Anagrams

• plia

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pīla.

Noun

pila f. (plural pile)

1. pile (all senses)
2. battery (electrical)
3. torch / flashlight
4. basin

Anagrams

• alpi, Alpi, pali

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpiː.la/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

pīla (genitive pīlae); f, first declension

1. a mortar

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pīla	pīlae
genitive	pīlae	pīlārum
dative	pīlae	pīlīs
accusative	pīlam	pīlās
ablative	pīlā	pīlīs
vocative	pīla	pīlae

Descendants

• French: pile
• Italian: pila
• Romanian: piuă
• Spanish: pila

Etymology 2

Unknown, but cognate or related to Oscan denominal verb ehpeílatasset (“to erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpiː.la/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

pīla (genitive pīlae); f, first declension

1. a pillar
2. a pier

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pīla	pīlae
genitive	pīlae	pīlārum
dative	pīlae	pīlīs
accusative	pīlam	pīlās
ablative	pīlā	pīlīs
vocative	pīla	pīlae

Derived terms

• pilārium
• pīlātim
• pīlō

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from pilus (“hair”), thus originally meaning "bundle of hair".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpi.la/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

pila (genitive pilae); f, first declension

1. a ball
2. (figuratively) a game of ball
3. a globe, sphere

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pila	pilae
genitive	pilae	pilārum
dative	pilae	pilīs
accusative	pilam	pilās
ablative	pilā	pilīs
vocative	pila	pilae

Derived terms

• pilāris
• pilārius

Descendants

• Catalan: pilota
• Galician: pelota
• Spanish: pelota

References

• Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, page 465

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Portuguese

Noun

pila f. (plural pilas)

1. penis (slang)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pila, from Old High German fil (“file”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pǐːla/
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

Noun

píla f. (Cyrillic spelling пи́ла)

1. saw

Declension

    declension of pila

	singular	plural
nominative	pila	pile
genitive	pile	pila
dative	pili	pilama
accusative	pilu	pile
vocative	pilo	pile
locative	pili	pilama
instrumental	pilom	pilama

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin pilus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpila/
• Hyphenation: pi‧la

Noun

pila f

1. (anatomy) body hair

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Slovene

Pila

Noun

pila f.

1. file (abrasive tool)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pīla.

Noun

pila f. (plural pilas)

1. A small battery.
2. A pile, mound.

See also

• batería

Verb

pila (infinitive pilar)

1. 3rd person singular present indicative of pilar, to pound.

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Swedish

Verb

Conjugation of pila

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	pila	—
Present tense	pilar	—
Past tense	pilade	—
Supine	pilat	—
Imperative	pila	—
Present participle	pilande
Past participle	pilad

pila

1. (dated) to dart; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically along